One person taken to hospital after vehicle slams into Markham, Ont. home
One person was taken to hospital after a car slammed into a house in Markham, Ont. Wednesday night.
It happened at a home on Bashford Crescent, in the area of 14th Avenue and Donald Cousens Parkway.
York Regional Police said one person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It wasn’t immediately clear whether it was a person from the car or the house.
Images from the scene showed what appeared to be a pick-up truck with its front wheels resting on the porch of the home. A sedan with rear-end damage sat lodged in the garage door of the home.
It’s not yet clear what caused the crash.
Firefighters are pictured outside a house in Markham after a vehicle slammed into the home Wednesday May 22, 2024.
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