Car crashes into Peterborough home on Monday

Driver suffered a medical incident before collision and was taken to hospital

A home on Fairbairn Street was extensively damaged after a car drove into it following a collision with a taxi van on March 21, 2022. (Photo: Brian Papypra)
A home on Fairbairn Street was extensively damaged after a car drove into it following a collision with a taxi van on March 21, 2022. (Photo: Brian Papypra)

A car crashed into the front of a home in Peterborough on Monday afternoon (March 21).

Peterborough police and emergency services responded to the collision, which happened at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday on Fairbairn Street at Raymond Street.

The car first collided with a taxi van before hitting the house.

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The car’s driver was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment and assessment. No one else was injured.

A police investigation determined the driver had a medical incident before the crash.

Police closed the area while investigating the collision and while the car was removed from the house, which was extensively damaged.

Peterborough photographer Brian Papypra supplied kawarthaNOW with photos of the incident.

Damage to a taxi van on Fairbairn Street at Raymond Street. (Photo: Brian Papypra)
Damage to a taxi van on Fairbairn Street at Raymond Street. (Photo: Brian Papypra)
The driver of the car suffered a medical incident before the crash and was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment and assessment. (Photo: Brian Papypra)
The driver of the car suffered a medical incident before the crash and was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment and assessment. (Photo: Brian Papypra)
Police closed the area while the car was removed from the house, which was extensively damaged.  (Photo: Brian Papypra)
Police closed the area while the car was removed from the house, which was extensively damaged. (Photo: Brian Papypra)