2 taxis, garbage truck collide at Queen and Coxwell

Posted March 22, 2015 7:21 am.

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Two people were injured when a couple of taxis and a City of Toronto garbage truck collided in the east end on Sunday.

The crash happened around 3 a.m. at Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue. One of the cabs careened into a trash bin on the sidewalk.

Paramedics took the injured to hospital but said it wasn’t serious.

The intersection was closed for more than an hour for the investigation and cleanup.

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