TORONTO -- A man who allegedly drove his SUV into a streetcar tunnel this morning, bringing traffic in downtown Toronto to a halt for several hours, told transit officials he was following his GPS instructions when his vehicle got stuck.
Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross says a streetcar came across the SUV blocking the tunnel at one of the city's main transit hubs shortly before 5 a.m.
Ross says the man managed to drive nearly 800 metres into the tunnel before getting stuck on a set of tracks.
He says the man allegedly fled the scene for a time but later returned and was issued a ticket by transit enforcement officers.
Ross says a specialized crane was needed to remove the vehicle from the tunnel.
Service along two major downtown streetcar routes was delayed for nearly six hours while the TTC resolved the situation.
