A single-vehicle crash on Sunday afternoon caused traffic delays and sent two people to hospital.
Emergency crews were called to Pearltown Road, in the area of the Pitts Memorial Drive overpass, shortly after 12:00 p.m. after reports of a vehicle leaving the highway above.
The driver of a sedan traveling east on Pitts Memorial Drive had lost control of the vehicle, which entered the median several dozen metres before the overpass. The car then rolled down a grassy embankment between the two overpasses, coming to rest over a ditch, causing significant damage to the vehicle.
Paramedics treated both occupants of the vehicle before transporting them to hospital with injuries described as serious, but non life-threatening.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) closed both Pearltown Road in the area of the crash, and one eastbound lane of Pitts Memorial Drive to conduct their investigation into the cause of the incident.
The crash comes just three weeks after a similar crash onto Kenmount Road sent two people to hospital.
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A serious single-vehicle crash has closed one eastbound lane of Pitts Memorial Drive at the overpass over Pearltown Road. Pearltown Road is also closed in the area of Pitts Memorial Drive.
Two people have been sent to hospital with serious injuries, described as non life-threatening.
NTV News will have more information as it becomes available.
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