Campus chaos; thousands pack streets around Western University for homecoming
CTV
On Broughdale Ave, barricades kept students to the sidewalks, and on Huron, officers kept directing the young people away from the middle of the road for emergency vehicles.
Thousands of students packed Huron St. and Broughdale Ave. on Saturday for Western University’s homecoming.
On Broughdale Ave, barricades kept students to the sidewalks, and on Huron, officers kept directing the young people away from the middle of the road for emergency vehicles.
When CTV arrived, London Middlesex EMS was using the “mega mover” to carry a patient out of Broughdale Ave., while paramedics were tending to another person who fell hard on Huron St.
“We haven't had any major incidents as of right now,” Sgt. Sandasha Bough of the London Police Service (LPS) told CTV News around 3:30 p.m.
“We can say that we've had to take a couple of people out and paramedic services have assisted with that. We have roads closed temporarily.”
Helping LPS were members of Hamilton Police, Windsor Police and Peterborough Police. London police reportedly added extra officers and auxiliary officers to “ensure public safety.”
