A single-vehicle crash sent two people to hospital and caused significant traffic delays late Saturday morning.
Emergency crews responded to a section of Portugal Cove Road, between Craig Dobbin Way and World Parkway, at about 9:45 a.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting the crash. The vehicle was traveling in the northbound lanes when its driver lost control. The car swerved on the roadway, entering the median, where it rolled over after clipping a light pole. The heavily-damaged car came to a rest in the southbound lanes.
Firefighters and paramedics tended to both occupants of the car before taking them to hospital with injuries not believed to be serious.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary closed both southbound lanes of the road for several hours as they investigated the incident, and as the scene was cleared. Traffic was redirected to Viscount Street and through Airport Heights. Northbound traffic headed towards the airport and Portugal Cove – St. Philips was reduced to one lane.
Earlier story:
Two people have been sent to hospital with injured described as non life-threatening following a single-vehicle crash on Portugal Cove Road in St. John’s.
The rollover happened between Craig Dobbin Way and World Parkway shortly before 9:45 Saturday morning.
Police say the southbound lanes of the busy thoroughfare will remain closed for roughly two hours, while northbound traffic will be reduced to one lane.
NTV News will have more when it becomes available.
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