Warsaw. Collision of a car with a tram on Puławska Street. Impediments. Tram diversions

A Honda passenger car collided with a tram on line 18 on Puławska Street. The driver of the car was taken to hospital. Trams going towards Ursynów ran on detours.

We received the first information about the collision on… Contact 24. An Internet user reported that a passenger car collided with a tram. “The fire department is trying to disconnect both vehicles. Trams in the direction from the city center are not able to pass,” he wrote.

We asked the police for details. The officers received a report about the incident at 7:02 p.m. – Initial findings by police officers working at the scene of the incident show that the person driving the Honda hit the tram on line 18. She was taken to hospital. The drivers were tested for alcohol content and are sober, said Jacek Wiśniewski from the Warsaw Police Headquarters. The police classified the incident as a collision.

There were difficulties with tram services.

“Because of the incident on Puławska Street trams of the mentioned lines were directed to diversion routes: – lines 4 and 10 Racing direction: pl. Zbawiciela, Nowowiejska, Al. Niepodległości, Rakowiecka, Boboli, Wołoska, Woronicza, Puławska – line 18 direction PKP Służewiec: pl. Zbawiciela, Nowowiejska, Al. Niepodległości, Rakowiecka, Boboli, Wołoska,” the Public Transport Authority announced in a statement from 7:29 p.m.