Vehicle crashes into new apartment building on Southdale Road in London, Ont.

A car struck a building at 955 Southdale Road East in London, Ont. just after 4 a.m. on Sunday Oct. 19, 2025. (Source: Submitted)

Cleanup crews were on site early Sunday morning trying to temporarily clean up the aftermath of a car striking an apartment building.

According to police, emergency crews responded around 4:20 a.m. to a new building at 955 Southdale Road East.

Police describe the incident as a hit and run and witnesses told CTV News, a white car allegedly left the road at the intersection of Southdale Road and Millbank Drive, drove up a path, destroying part of a gazebo and crashing into the side of building.

The part of the building on the ground floor where the car hit was not an apartment unit, but a communal space. The car has been removed from the building.