Driver taken to hospital following centre-city crash on Saturday afternoon
The driver of a taxicab was taken to hospital following a collision in the centre of St. John’s late Saturday afternoon.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. emergency crews were called to a portion on Bonaventure Avenue. The driver of a southbound taxicab had struck a parked vehicle. The force of the collision pushed the parked car roughly twenty metres down the road and partially onto a sidewalk. Both vehicle sustained extensive damage.
The driver of the cab, who was the only person inside, was helped to a stretcher before being taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be serious. A portion of Bonaventure Avenue was closed for a time, until the scene could be cleared.
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