A garbage truck with its loader up caused damage to streetcar wires at the intersection of King Street and Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto, leading to road closures and service disruptions.
A garbage truck with its loader up took out multiple streetcar wires at a major downtown intersection, causing road closure s on one of the city's busiest surface transit routes Tuesday, Toronto police say. Just after 8 a.m., the garbage truck driver struck the overhead wires while driving through King Street W. and Spadina Avenue intersection, police said in a post on X. The intersection is now closed and police are encouraging people in the area to use alternate routes to get around.
Streetcars in the area are being diverted, Toronto Transit Commission spokesperson Stuart Green said in an email. There is no estimated time for when repairs will be completed, he said. Streetcars on the 501, 504, 508, 510 and 511 lines are all being diverted due to downed lines, according to the TTC website
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