There’s often a honk and a wave as TTC drivers pass each other on the tracks — but Friday afternoon, two streetcars got more than a cursory greeting when they collided.

Three people received minor injuries when the eastbound train derailed around 11:30 a.m., veering north and side-swiping an oncoming westbound car, which was knocked off its tracks too.

Jana Madlener was standing in the rotating middle part of the westbound train when a jolt knocked her off balance.

“I bounced off the wall a couple times and hit a pole, and landed in an elderly woman’s lap,” she said.

“It felt like I was in an earthquake,” said the 23-year-old, who said her hip is already badly bruised from the accident and she also hurt her shoulder.

The corner of Queen St. E and Broadview Ave. was cordoned off by yellow caution tape as police and TTC safety crews attempted to determine what happened.

Kevin Parkes lives across the street and said he witnessed the crash.

“It was like slow-motion crashing,” he said. He ran outside to see a huge cloud of smoke.

Randi Ramdeen, who works at the energyXchange yoga studio in front of the crash, said she too heard the noise.

“It’s definitely going to affect business,” she said.

Almost an hour later, several police officers and TTC safety employees wearing neon vests started work on the derailed car.

Both the 501 Queen and 504 King streetcars were diverted in both directions and the intersection was closed until about 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon as crews cleared the scene.

Traffic Services Const. Clint Stibbe confirmed three people received minor injuries, including a 67-year-old woman who was taken to hospital.

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The other two people were treated on scene.

TTC officials do not know at this point what caused the derailment, but one worker suggested it could have been an issue with the switch on the tracks.