Pedestrian seriously injured after collision with CTrain: police
One person has been left severely injured after being struck by a CTrain in downtown Calgary on Monday.
According to a 3:41 pm tweet from the Calgary Police Service, officers are currently on scene at the site of the collision somewhere on the west side of downtown.
We are currently on-scene investigating a serious injury CTrain vs pedestrian collision in the West side of Downtown #Calgary.
Please follow @calgarytransit for shuttle bus information.
— Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) September 16, 2019
According to the Calgary Transit Twitter account, an accident took place on 7th street at around 3:30 pm, which caused trains on that avenue to stop.
#CTRiders we are working to set up shuttle buses that will be running throughout the core to SAIT. Please standby for information as to where to catch them. pic.twitter.com/DFlzijqE6B
— Calgary Transit (@calgarytransit) September 16, 2019
Shuttle buses are now running westbound on 6th Avenue and eastward on 9th Avenue to connect commuters to the northwest and city hall, respectively.
More to come…