{"id":642060,"date":"2026-05-02T02:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642060\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:01:15","slug":"suv-strikes-pedestrian-crashes-into-building-paramedics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642060\/","title":{"rendered":"SUV strikes pedestrian, crashes into building, paramedics say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday afternoon when they were hit by a vehicle that then crashed into a downtown Ottawa building, paramedics say.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, a grey Honda Pilot, left the road and drove onto the sidewalk near the intersection of Laurier Avenue W. and O\u2019Connor Street, said Ottawa Paramedic Service spokesperson Tyler Leslie.<\/p>\n<p>The SUV then struck the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, before colliding with the building at 234 Laurier Ave. W., Leslie said.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was transported to The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s trauma centre in serious condition after suffering \u201cmulti-system trauma,&#8221; Leslie said.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics got the call around 4:20 p.m., he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"a grey vehile crashed into a window pane with a blue sign that reads Laurier\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777687275_390_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Paramedics told CBC that three adults were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. They were treated at the scene. (Liam Baker\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Three adults were in the SUV at the time of the crash, Leslie said. They were treated at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie said they couldn&#8217;t share any more information on the collision as it&#8217;s under investigation by the Ottawa Police Service (OPS).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBC has reached out to OPS for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-642060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}