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Jonny5
Senior Member
I will guess it is the minivan running the intersection and collided with the streetcar the driver didn't see. There's a lot of near-miss incidents at that spot with cars trying to time gaps in the traffic to go north to Adelaide... and pedestrians too for that matter.
Unfortunately, I suspect the solution will be another traffic light.
Northern Light
Superstar
The fault of the accident notwithstanding, its unfortunate to note that 3 people from the minivan were transported to hospital, two, the driver and one passenger w/serious injuries.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Not surprising, hitting a streetcar hard enough to knock it off the tracks and into the sidewalk was clearly not a gentle nudge!
drum118
Superstar
It is one of the new cars that only went into service April 02/2024
nfitz
Superstar
I'd think here the solution would be right-turn only. There's already lights at the two adjacent streets (George and Sherbourne), and little reason to be driving up George through King, other than trying to cut up to Adelaide - which works very easily on George.
elcorrerador
Active Member
Was just by Parliament and King and there are people waiting for the 503/504 there. The board was showing incoming times but I'm pretty sure it's not correct. No indication to users that the service is added.
TTC website is very confusing and it's hard to tell if there's a replacement bus or not.
TTC website is very confusing and it's hard to tell if there's a replacement bus or not.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
Imagine the speed they would be going at
T3G
Senior Member
cplchanb
Senior Member
Yup.... the stairs will be destroyed by salt in 5 years time
cplchanb
Senior Member
They really did a dogs breakfast on this. Couldn't look less ugly or shoddy considering they had a decade to clean it up
DSCToronto
Superstar
King Street is still closed to streetcars between Church and Sumach this morning. Not sure if because tracks at Frederick are still blocked or overhead still down.
generalcanada
Senior Member
Better view of the "derailment" from yesterday. Not sure if this was cleared yet
DSCToronto
Superstar
I walked over just now to look. There is a new (replacement) Toronto Hydro pole & transformer, the tracks look fine but King is still closed between George and Sherbourne as the TTC overhead team are currently re-stringing the overhead. I suspect it will re-open later today as they do not appear to have too much to do.
DSCToronto
Superstar
A 62-year-old man has been charged with careless driving in a collision that left a TTC streetcar derailed and three people injured on Saturday morning.
In an email to the Star on Sunday morning, Toronto police confirmed the man was charged under the Highway Traffic Act following the downtown collision in the area of Frederick and King Streets, near George Brown College.
Paramedics transported three people to hospital. The driver of the vehicle had serious injuries while two streetcar passengers were also treated, one with serious injuries and one with minor injuries.
Police would not say how the collision happened but said road closures will remain in place for vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of King Street East between Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets, and Frederick Street between Adelaide and Front streets.
While police initially expected the intersection to be reopened Sunday morning, they now say the TTC is expecting the closures to continue into Sunday afternoon as “work is still being done” in the area.
www.thestar.com
In an email to the Star on Sunday morning, Toronto police confirmed the man was charged under the Highway Traffic Act following the downtown collision in the area of Frederick and King Streets, near George Brown College.
Paramedics transported three people to hospital. The driver of the vehicle had serious injuries while two streetcar passengers were also treated, one with serious injuries and one with minor injuries.
Police would not say how the collision happened but said road closures will remain in place for vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of King Street East between Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets, and Frederick Street between Adelaide and Front streets.
While police initially expected the intersection to be reopened Sunday morning, they now say the TTC is expecting the closures to continue into Sunday afternoon as “work is still being done” in the area.
Man charged with careless driving in collision with TTC streetcar downtown, road closures still in place
Toronto police said they charged a man, 62, with careless driving after a collision involving a streetcar in the area of Frederick and King streets, near the St. Lawrence Market around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
www.thestar.com