Crash with Lyft vehicle causes streetcar derailment at King and University
Posted June 10, 2019 8:04 am.
Last Updated June 10, 2019 1:39 pm.
University Avenue has reopened in both directions between Wellington Street West and Adelaide Street West after a collision between an SUV and a TTC streetcar at King Street West and University led to a derailment.
The TTC called it a “significant derailment” of the 504 streetcar.
The crash, which happened just before 7:30 a.m. on Monday, caused the streetcar to drive up over the curb and onto the sidewalk.
Ride-sharing company Lyft confirmed that one of its drivers was involved in the crash while transporting passengers.
“Safety is fundamental to Lyft and our thoughts are with all those involved in this unfortunate accident,” a Lyft spokesperson told CityNews. “We have spoken with the driver and rider to express our support and stand ready to assist law enforcement with any investigation.”
Lyft says the driver’s account has been put on hold while the company investigates.
Shuttle buses were called in to service commuters in the area.
Paramedics said three people suffered minor injuries.
One of TTC’s new streetcars has been hauled back onto tracks at King/University after crash sent it onto sidewalk. It collided with SUV just before 730am. Three ppl suffered minor injuries. You can see grooves in road and sidewalk left behind from streetcar steel wheels pic.twitter.com/dZ3RlE2fg3
— carl hanstke (@carlCityNews) June 10, 2019
A new streetcar gets derailed and ends up on sidewalk after colliding with SUV at King/University. 1person in SUV & 2 in streetcar suffer minor injuries. pic.twitter.com/h3ZXHkDQkA
— carl hanstke (@carlCityNews) June 10, 2019
University is closed in both directions from Wellington to Adelaide because of a collision involving an SUV & a TTC Streetcar. The streetcar has been derailed & there’s no estimated time on when this will clear. More to come on @BTtoronto #Collision #Toronto pic.twitter.com/1VNNKXVwEC
— Stephanie Henry (@henrylstephanie) June 10, 2019
This is a significant derailment. Advise to plan accordingly. No ETA to clear at this moment, more info to follow… @TTCnotices will have the latest. https://t.co/3dNO2bmexL
— TTCStuart (@TTCStuart) June 10, 2019
