Afternoon crash on Portage Avenue sends 4 to hospital
Four people were taken to hospital following a crash on Portage Avenue during the Monday afternoon rush hour.
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says its crews were called to the 2200 block of Portage Avenue, near Conway Street, at 5:19 p.m.
One of the people transferred to the hospital is in an unstable condition and the other three are stable, the service says.
CBC News crews at the crash scene saw at least two damaged vehicles, including a taxi that had its airbags deployed.
The crash closed some lanes of traffic in both directions on Portage Avenue and Moorgate Street until about 7 p.m., according to the city's Traffic Management Centre's X account.
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