An Uber car was involved in a downtown crash on Thursday morning as rules surrounding Uber and insurance remain murky, and city council votes to regulate the service.

It happened at Bay and Elm streets around 4 a.m.

Witnesses tell CityNews the driver of the Uber car went through the intersection and was T-boned by another vehicle.

Two passengers in the Uber vehicle were sent to hospital with minor injuries.

UberX, which has regular drivers transporting people in their private cars, doesn’t have commercial licenses and therefore lack the regulation and oversight of traditional taxi companies. Taxi companies have argued that this puts passenger safety in jeopardy while simultaneously driving traditional cabbies out of business.

Last month, Uber announced that it’s working with Intact Financial to create a ridesharing insurance plan. It’s not yet on the market. Currently, Uber notes that “every ride on the uberX platform in Canada is backed by $5,000,000 [$5 million] of contingent auto liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage.”

At city hall on Wednesday, councillors voted in favour of Mayor John Tory’s motion to begin the process of regulating ride-sharing service Uber by creating new bylaws.

The motion calls for city staff to report back on new regulations this spring. Council also voted in favour of asking Uber to stop operating in Toronto until that framework is submitted.

Uber Toronto general manager, Ian Black, said that wouldn’t happen and Uber would continue to operate.