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Two car crash on Oak Bay Ave

Traffic backing up after crash near Yale Street
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Crash on Oak Bay Avenue slows traffic on Oak Bay Avenue June 30. (Octavian Lacatusu/Oak Bay News)

Traffic on Oak Bay Avenue near Yale Street came to a near halt late Friday morning following a two vehicle collision.

Collision happened when the driver of a Nissan SUV tried to parallel park, and her foot slipped on the gas pedal, causing her vehicle to reverse into a parked and unoccupied Toyota RAV4, said Oak Bay Police Const. Mike Klein-Beekman.

The driver did not sustain any injuries.

Just before the collision, the driver severed a power pole, so Police and Oak Bay Fire crews corded off the sidewalk to the public due to exposed wires.

Alternating one-way traffic as crews worked to clear the two vehicles.