Car flips on side, catches fire following multi-vehicle collision on Gardiner
Several lanes of the Gardiner Expressway are closed after a car flipped on its side and caught on fire following a multi-vehicle collision Tuesday evening.
Toronto police say the crash happened at around 5:40 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the Gardiner near Yonge and Lower Jarvis streets.
In a post on social media, police said one vehicle flipped over and caught fire. No information about injuries is available at this time.
Video shared with CTV News Toronto shows at least five vehicles involved in the collision.
Several people can be seen getting out of the vehicles and attempting to help others out.
Chopper 24 captured several charred vehicles up against the shoulder after the fire had been put out.
Fire and police services are on the scene and all westbound lanes are stopped and only one eastbound lane remains open.
The southbound lanes of the Don Valley Parkway are also closed at the Richmond Street exit.
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