Pedestrian seriously injured after being trapped under streetcar in west end
A pedestrian is seriously injured after being struck by a TTC streetcar in Toronto's west end.
Toronto police were called to the scene in the Queen Street West and Gladstone Avenue area just after 10 p.m. Thursday, for reports of a man in his 30s struck and pinned under the vehicle.
According to Const. Rob Reid, a spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, the man was crossing the street when he was hit.
The victim was rushed to a trauma centre after crews freed him, paramedics said.
Queen Street West was closed in both directions between Gladstone Avenue and Abell Street for a police investigation. It has since reopened.
