A driver is in hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries after an early morning crash in Downtown Victoria Wednesday.
Victoria Police came across the single-vehicle collision in the 600-block of Hillside Avenue.
A vehicle struck a venting pipe and utility control box causing considerable damage to the vehicle and road infrastructure closing the 26-hundred block of Government Street for several hours..
Due to the large amount of debris, City of Victoria Public Works staff assisted with clean-up and street sweeps of the roadway and bike lanes.
Investigators say speed is believed to be a factor.