Edmonton man facing 13 charges in speeding crash that hurt 4

A 31-year-old Edmonton man is facing 13 charges after running a red light and hitting another vehicle Sunday evening.

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According to police, the man was driving a Toyota Prius when he ran a red light at 82 Street while heading west on 132 Avenue and hit a Hyundai Elantra that had been traveling north.

Two women, 35 and 37, and a child were in the Hyundai Elantra.

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said they had to be rescued from the vehicle. 

They were hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The child was taken to the hospital as a precaution and later released.

The Prius driver was also taken to hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries.

Police say an investigation revealed the Toyota was stolen. They found an open alcohol container inside the car and seized a knife, stolen property and a shotgun shell.

The charges against him include impaired operation causing bodily harm, dangerous operation causing bodily harm, and possession of stolen property.

Both vehicles were heavily damaged; one was described as "almost in two pieces."

Nahom Jru, the owner of a nearby convenience store, witnessed the crash.

He says he was working inside when he heard “a lot of noise” and “glass breaking.”

“There was half a car in the parking lot, half a car on the street and another car in the intersection over there,” he told CTV News Edmonton.

“That’s not what I was expecting when I came out. I thought it was just a fight or something; you never expect that.”

Jru says the area is a school zone and doesn’t see people speed often.

“It’s a miracle that everybody survived.”

Police believe speed was a factor in the crash.

The area was reopened by Monday morning.

With files from CTV's Nav Sangha