Streetcar 'thoroughly cleaned' after syringe spotted poking out under seat, TTC says

Rochelle Raveendran · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 09, 2025 12:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

The Toronto Transit Committee (TTC) says a streetcar was thoroughly cleaned aft a rider spotted a syringe without a headdress jutting retired from underneath a seat. 

The incidental happened connected Saturday astir 11 a.m. connected a 501 Queen streetcar that was travelling eastbound, according to the idiosyncratic who posted an image of the incidental connected Reddit, where it received hundreds of comments.

The user, who asked to stay anonymous, said they informed 2 TTC officials who were connected the streetcar arsenic soon arsenic they saw the syringe. The syringe was not moved oregon dealt with astatine the time, and the streetcar remained operational. The idiosyncratic past aboriginal reported the incidental online. 

TTC spokesperson Stuart Green said the incidental was reported done the SafeTTC app. 

"The streetcar was instantly taken retired of work and returned to the carhouse, wherever the syringe was safely disposed of and the car thoroughly cleaned," helium said successful an email to CBC Toronto connected Monday. 

The TTC has not received immoderate reports of wounded related to the incident, helium said. 

Green said incidents similar this "are uncommon connected transit fixed however galore vehicles are successful work astatine immoderate time." 

"While we don't cognize however this got determination oregon what it was utilized for, we tin guarantee customers that arsenic soon arsenic thing similar this is seen, reported oregon discovered, we instantly instrumentality the conveyance retired of work and bash a afloat cleanup," helium said. 

Riders are asked to study akin incidents to the TTC, specified arsenic by speaking to an worker oregon reporting it via the SafeTTC app, helium said.