Ambulance and car collide in Exchange District
CBC News
Posted: Dec 8, 2011 10:27 PM CST
Last Updated: Dec 8, 2011 10:25 PM CST
Firefighters stand at the intersection of King Street and McDermot Avenue, where an ambulance collided with a car. Nobody was hurt, according to police. (Michael Fazio/CBC)
A car and ambulance collided in Winnipeg's Exchange District on Thursday night, seriously damaging the car as a result.
Bits of the car were visible on King Street and McDermot Avenue around 8:30 p.m., as emergency crews investigated the incident. The ambulance was towed away.
No one was injured, police told CBC News.
Police would not say if the ambulance was on a call at the time of the collision.
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