What began as a quiet Saturday afternoon quickly turned into a hectic stretch for the St. Catharines Fire Department, starting with a serious head-on collision at a curve on St. Paul Street West near Fifth Street Louth in rural west St. Catharines. Firefighters were dispatched at 4:41 p.m. after a work van and a passenger car collided across from the Rankin Breeding Farm at 1490 St. Paul St. W., Fire Chief Dave Upper said.