Vehicle flips onto side along bridge near London, Ont. downtown – London | 24CA News
One individual wanted to be extracted from a single-vehicle collision alongside a bridge getting into the downtown core Friday afternoon in London, Ont.
Emergency response personnel have been known as to the collision round 2:13 p.m. on Kensington Bridge alongside Riverside Drive.
Shawn Davis, a district chief with London Fire Department, says two people have been contained in the automobile on the time of the collision that noticed the automobile find yourself on its aspect in between the girders and the handrail on the north aspect of the bridge.
“We have had other unique scenes like this, but this is a first,” Davis instructed Global News.
“On the bridge like that, it was close enough to going over the bridge it could have been something totally different.”
Davis says that whereas the motive force was capable of get themselves out, as a result of automobile being flipped onto its passenger aspect, a single passenger needed to be extracted through the rear window on a backboard.
“We were able to flap the roof a little bit to gain more access enough room to get a backboard in to get the patient out safely,” mentioned Davis, noting the extraction solely took 17 minutes regardless of the tight area.
Both people have been transported to hospital with what Davis described as non-life-threatening accidents.
While no definitive reply could possibly be offered, Davis mentioned he believes the automobile may need been travelling alongside Dundas Street and brought a improper flip earlier than hitting a girder, which put it up on its aspect and slid to its resting place.
The roadway was blocked off to site visitors following the extraction in order that metropolis engineers might assess the bridge’s structural integrity. Once engineers cleared the scene, the street was opened shortly after 5 p.m.
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