Vehicle lands on Memorial Drive guard rail to avoid collision

CALGARY -- A motorist trying to avoid a crash ended up lodged on a guardrail separating the CTrain line from Memorial Drive Friday night.

The incident took place around 8 p.m.,  across from St. George's Bridge, when an eastbound vehicle was forced to maneuver after getting cut off by another driver.

Unfortunately, the motorist maneuvered their way onto the guard rail, causing one lane on eastbound Memorial to be shut down. CTrain service wasn't impacted, but transit officials were on scene to make the sure the car removal was safe and didn't impact any equipment.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the area was cleared according to the city's @YYCTransportation Twitter feed.

There was no word on whether anyone was injured.

UPDATE: Multi-vehicle incident, EB Memorial Dr approaching 12 St NE, blocking the left lanes. #yyctraffic #yycroads pic.twitter.com/J0bVXvds0y

— YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) December 28, 2019

CLEAR: The earlier multi-vehicle incident on Eastbound Memorial Drive approaching 12 Street NE has been cleared. #yyctraffic #yycroads

— YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) December 28, 2019