A car drove into the streetcar tunnel near Union Station this morning

There have been some interesting drivers in the city lately.

Last month, a jeep was pulled out of Cherry Beach after the driver drove right into the icy shores and got stuck.

And on Thursday morning, a vehicle drove into the TTC streetcar tunnel near Union Station, and proceeded to abandon his vehicle.

This will take some time to clear. Far more than it took the driver to get to this point, unfortunately. They fled, for the record. pic.twitter.com/hln4S4aSHw

— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) February 23, 2017

TTC’s executive director of corporate communications Brad Ross documented the incident, including the car’s extraction. Meanwhile, Streetcars were definitely affected during the morning commute.

510 Spadina service turning back at Spadina and Queens Quay due to auto stuck on streetcar tracks at Union Stn. Shuttle buses operating.

— Official TTC Tweets (@TTCnotices) February 23, 2017

According to Ross, a streetcar discovered the vehicle abandoned just before 4 am. While the diver had initially fled, he later returned and was charged by transit police.

As for the reason he ended up in the tunnel? It turns out he was following his GPS.

Might want to look at the road ahead, even when using such technologies.

Never thought I’d get to tweet the word “extraction.” But extraction now under way. pic.twitter.com/jR9FVlgfdh

— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) February 23, 2017

1/ Crane (“swing loader”) working to get car out of streetcar tunnel. Here’s an update with new info: pic.twitter.com/dCkooHYsrB

— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) February 23, 2017

2/ Streetcar discovered the car at 3:53 am. Driver fled then returned. Charged by Transit Enforcement.

— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) February 23, 2017

3/ Claims he was following his GPS. pic.twitter.com/N9lqRf0v87

— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) February 23, 2017

While this may seem like a strange incident, it actually happened before less than a year ago in April of 2016.

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