Ontario Provincial Police say that three people were injured and one man was killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 401. The car crash occurred in the westbound lanes in Whitby at around 10:30 a.m. on June 24 and involved a transport truck, a bus and two cars. The westbound transport truck struck a westbound Toyota Corolla, shearing off the back of the car. A Setra bus and a Pontiac became involved in a crash after the initial accident. Available reports suggest that officers did not know what caused the crash.Continue reading Highway 401 crash injures 3, kills 1
Month: June 2014
Ontario man dies in auto-bicycle crash
The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old male cyclist from Hamilton following an accident believed to have occurred on Governor’s Road near the community of St. George at about 7:30 p.m. on June 5. Officers do not believe that alcohol was a factor at this time; the auto-pedestrian accident took place in daylight, and road conditions were reportedly dry.
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2 motorcyclists die in Highway 17 head-on crash
The Ontario Provincial Police are reporting that two people, a 48-year-old man and woman, have died as a consequence of a head-on crash on Highway 17. The incident took place in Markstay-Warren on June 7 at approximately 5 p.m., about 50 kilometres east of Sudbury.
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16-year-old biker dies in crash
An accident claimed the life of a teenage pedestrian on Ontario’s County Road 50 on May 30. The 16-year-old was pushing his dirt bike by the side of the road when he was hit by a minivan just before 10 p.m. The Ontario Provincial Police are continuing to investigate the reason for the auto-pedestrian accident. They did not speculate if speed, weather or road conditions, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident.
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Rollover dump truck accident kills 1, injures 3
One person died and three people were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident in Toronto on May 20. Police closed a stretch of eastbound Highway 401 for nearly 12 hours after the truck accident while crews cleaned up the scene of the crash.
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