Photo by Craig Gilbert of London Community News
Photo by Craig Gilbert of London Community News
Photo by Craig Gilbert of London Community News
Two people were sent to hospital after a mid-morning collision at Richmond and Cheapside streets on Friday (Sept. 6).
According to an eyewitness a woman driving a white Pontiac sedan northbound on Richmond Street ran a red light and t-boned a black Buick travelling westbound on Cheapside Street at about 9:50 a.m.
The female driver of the Buick had to be extricated from the car. Both drivers were sent by ambulance to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
There were no human passengers in either vehicle, but the woman driving the Buick had a dog in her backseat. According to a fire chief on the scene, the dog appeared unharmed and was taken by family members.
The eyewitness, who travelled from Mitchell to London to visit his mother at St. Joseph’s Hospital, saw the collision from a picnic table at the southeast corner of the intersection.
He said it didn’t seem like the driver of the Pontiac tried to stop or slow down before the impact. He didn’t hear the screech of skidding tires and there were no obvious tire marks on the asphalt.
“She was going 40, 50 clicks, easy,” he said of the Pontiac. “(The sound) was just a ‘crunch.’ I guess she had her foot on the accelerator still after the impact.”
A university student was crossing Richmond on foot when the collision occurred. He said he didn’t see the Pontiac coming, just the Buick sliding to within “five or 10 feet” of him about halfway across the street.
“It was startling initially and then I was just concerned that they were OK,” he said.
