Car drives off 417 overpass, lands on Carling Avenue

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Feb 26, 2023 02:03:23 PM.

A person had to be extricated after a car drove of a Highway 417 overpass and landed on Carling Avenue.

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) responded to an auto-generated call from Ottawa Police Services around 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25. Landing on its side and resting against a fence beside the road, firefighters cut off the car's roof and removed the trapped driver just before 7:30 p.m. who was then taken to hospital.

The OFS's Fire Station 23, located at 1445 Carling Avenue, is less than 200 metres from the crash site.

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