Two passenger-only ferries and one ferry that allows vehicles are running on “adjusted hours until further notice,” city spokesman Alex Burke said in an email. Burke said the city discourages “unnecessary vehicle crossing” and that travelers should expect “longer than usual wait times.” Emergency crews were called to the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal at Queens Quay West and Bay Street just after 5pm on Saturday. A Toronto Island ferry has run aground. Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson said 17 people were injured, five of whom were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Of the five taken to hospital, two were children. Hopkinson said 12 of the injured were treated at the scene. Passengers remember feeling the ship was going too fast to properly moor and trying to hold on. “The people at the top of the stairs had fallen on everyone at the bottom,” Karen Butting told CBC Toronto. “Children were hurt, people were crying, parents were scared.” Ferry services were suspended for the rest of Saturday. The police are investigating the cause of the accident. Hopkinson said he would not be able to comment on the “circumstances” until the investigation is complete.
