504 CRUNCH
One evening near midnight (early eighties) PCC 4508 was operating eastbound on King Street when it was struck head-on by a tractor trailer as it entered the Atlantic/Shaw St. railway underpass. The tractor trailer unit was driven the wrong way through the subway by a drunk driver. The truck climbed the PCC superstructure and crumpled the streetcar sheet metal. A split second before impact, the female operator had the presence of mind to jump free of the operators seat towards the front door well. Her foot was trapped in the wreck and she sustained some injuries. There was nothing left of the truck's tractor and the driver was seriously injured.
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