Driver causes major gas leak, 2 pedestrians struck in west end

The driver of a vehicle struck two pedestrians and caused a major gas leak in the west end of the city on Thursday night.

First responders were called to the area of Dundas Street West and Lisgar Street around 8 p.m. for reports two people had been struck by a vehicle.

Police initially deemed the incident a “fail to remain”, saying after striking the pedestrians, the vehicle then reportedly hit a gas line and struck a wall before fleeing the scene southbound on Lisgar Street.

Later, police told CityNews the driver actually remained on scene, but waited inside a streetcar for police to stay out of the rain.

Reportedly, the driver was making a left turn, saw the pedestrians in crossing and attempted to make a sharper turn, but ended up hitting the gas line. 

Police say two women were treated for minor injuries on the scene after reportedly being scraped by the bumper.

Toronto Fire says residents within 150 feet of the natural gas leak were evacuated for precautionary reasons and power in the area was shut off as they waited for Enbridge officials to arrive and cap the leak.

The gas leak was capped last night when power was shut off.

All nearby buildings were not affected and were cleared from the gas leak.