A garbage truck with its loader up took out multiple streetcar wires at a major downtown intersection, causing road closures 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.
No one was injured, police say.
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.
More to come.
