Vehicle strikes bus shelter, four pedestrians suffer serious injuries: police
A Waterloo Regional Police Service cruiser. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener)
Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a serious collision in Kitchener.
Emergency crews were called to a crash around 5 p.m. Saturday on Belmont Avenue West near Glasgow Street.
Police say a driver of a vehicle lost control, left the roadway, and struck an occupied bus shelter.
The four pedestrians from the bus shelter, a 36-year-old woman and three children all under six years old, were taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the driver and passenger of the vehicle had no injuries.
The driver, a 36-year-old Kitchener woman, was charged with careless driving and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Belmont Avenue West was closed for several hours for the investigation and has since been reopened.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dash-camera footage is asked to call police at 519-570-9777, ext. 8856.
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