Man, woman seriously injured following multi-vehicle collision on Bank Street

Ottawa firefighters extricated a driver following a multi-vehicle crash on Bank Street at Lester Road, Jan. 3, 2025. (Ottawa Fire Services/X)

A man and a woman were seriously injured following a multi-vehicle collision on Bank Street at Lester Road Friday afternoon, according to the Ottawa Paramedic Service.

Paramedics say the two adults were taken to hospital in stable condition.

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says the collision prompted crews to extricate the occupant of one of the vehicles involved.

Firefighters say they received a call about the crash at 2:11 p.m. A news release from Ottawa Fire Services said four vehicles were involved and that airbags had deployed in all of them.

A post on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, said five vehicles were involved and one person was trapped. OFS spokesperson Nick DeFazio told CTV News Ottawa Friday that five vehicles were damaged in the incident.

It took about 10 minutes to get the trapped driver out of the vehicle.

Crews also spread absorbent on the leaking fluids and disconnected the batteries of the vehicles before leaving the scene in the hands of the Ottawa Police Service.

Ottawa police closed Bank Street southbound at Lester Road for the investigation. They announced it had reopened just after 5:15 p.m.