Truck collides with railway bridge in Montreal's east end
Incident took place on Notre-Dame Street Wednesday morning
A truck collided with a railway bridge in Montreal's east end, closing Notre-Dame Street East to traffic between Dickson Street and Pie-IX Boulevard during rush hour Wednesday morning.
The collision occurred at around 8 a.m. on Notre-Dame near Ste-Catherine Street in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
The truck driver, a man in his early 30s, was hauling a boom lift on a flat-bed trailer. The lift did not fit under the bridge, leading to the collision.
The truck stopped instantly upon hitting the structure and the motorist following the truck was unable to brake in time, slamming into the back of the truck, said Montreal police spokesperson Const. Caroline Chèvrefils.
The man driving the truck was thrown into the windshield. He was taken to hospital with a minor head injury, she said. A female motorist, also about 30 years old, in the car behind was treated at the scene for shock.
Notre Dame is shut down in both directions after a truck carrying what looks like a boom lift slammed into a CN rail bridge. His head slammed against his windshield and he is in hospital. A woman following in her car slammed into the trailer and is being treated for shock. <a href="https://t.co/0Hw0hMoXtC">pic.twitter.com/0Hw0hMoXtC</a>
—@TurnbullJayAVOID THE AREA - COLLISION BETWEEN A TRUCK AND A RAIL BRIDGE<br>NOTRE-DAME ST. IS CLOSED TOWARDS WEST AT DICKSON ST. AND ALSO CLOSED TOWARDS EST AT PIE-IX BOUL. THE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPVM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPVM</a> IS ON SITE TO EASE THE TRAFFIC. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MTLTRAFFIC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MTLTRAFFIC</a>. ^RM
—@SPVM