Ran red light causes Richmond crash: RCMP [Video]

A car crash in Richmond earlier this week sent two people to hospital and left a path of destruction in its wake.

Mounties confirmed to CTV News officers were sent to Westminster Highway and Garden City Road just before midnight Tuesday.

Citing a witness, police said a grey Audi A6 ran a red light while travelling east on Westminster Highway, and struck a red Nissan Rouge that was going south on Garden City Road.

The Nissan rolled over and the Audi ended up “stuck in a tree,” police said.

Video of the crash’s aftermath posted on social media shows metal debris strewn across the road, a car sitting askew against a tree on the curb, a flipped concrete median and a car lying upside down.

Police said both drivers were trapped and had firefighters had to extricate them. The pair were taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries.

“Impairment is not …