Woman injured after TTC bus goes into hydro pole in Rexdale
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
A woman was taken to hospital after a TTC bus collided with a hydro pole in Rexdale Saturday morning.
Toronto police said it happened at Rexdale and Humberwood boulevards at around 10:40 a.m.
The woman sustained minor injuries, police said.
The crash brought down the hydro pole, along with some wires in a bus loop.
It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bus at the time or what caused the collision.
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