Taxi crashes into parked semi trailer, two people seriously injured

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Two people are in hospital and police are investigating after a taxi rammed into the side of a parked semi trailer Monday morning.

The crash happened at about 8:45 a.m., in the parking lot of Old Dutch Foods on Bentall Street in Inkster Industrial Park.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service extricated two people from the mangled white Unicity Taxi Ltd. cab jammed under the trailer. One of the occupants was listed in unstable condition, the other was in critical condition, a City of Winnipeg spokeswoman said.

The top of the vehicle was sheared off from the force of the crash.

A forklift driver at a nearby business reported seeing the vehicle speed down the street without stopping at a stop sign at Mountain Avenue.

“There was a white flash,” said Melvin Sutherland. “I called my buddy here that I work with and said look at this little white car speeding through the stop. I saw it fly by.”

When several emergency vehicles followed and stopped at the nearby Old Dutch plant, Sutherland said he knew something bad had happened. He went to look, and was stunned to see where the car had ended up.

“This little white vehicle was under the semi trailer, right up to the back seat,” he said. The trailer was parked in a far corner of the lot.

“Why would you be going that fast?”

Winnipeg police said they’re investigating the collision. There was no indication the vehicle was stolen, police said.

By early afternoon, Unicity had not yet responded to a request for comment about whether the cab was on duty or transporting a passenger at the time of the crash.

Old Dutch Foods did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

carol.sanders@freepress.mb.ca