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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/401-whitby-crash-1.3255513
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...multi-vehicle-crash-on-hwy-401-near-ajax.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/401-whitby-crash-1.3255513
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...multi-vehicle-crash-on-hwy-401-near-ajax.html
A 12-year-old boy is among the three people killed after a massive 20-vehicle crash on the westbound Highway 401 at Brock St. near Ajax Friday night that left 16 others injured.“
It’s quite a scene down there. Scrap metal everywhere,” said Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP’s highway safety division.
The chaos appears to have begun when a transport trailer failed to slow down as it approached a construction zone on the highway and “bulldozed” through several vehicles in front of it, according to Schmidt.
“Vehicles are ripped apart. Some are unrecognizable as vehicles,” Schmidt said.
Five people are in hospital with critical injuries while eleven more sustained less serious injuries. ORNGE air ambulance dispatched three helicopters to the scene while Toronto Paramedic Services sent three ambulances units and an ambulance bus to assist.
The man and woman were travelling in a separate vehicle from the boy, Schmidt said.All four eastbound lanes are currently closed at Salem Rd. with westbound lanes closed at Brock St. while the OPP investigate. Police are trying to clear at least one lane for traffic but that might not happen until the early afternoon, Schmidt said.
This is the second time in less than two weeks a fatal crash has happened on Hwy. 401. On Sept. 23, a crash caused by a transport trailer failing to slow down at a construction site near Harwood Ave. in Ajax left two people dead.
It’s quite a scene down there. Scrap metal everywhere,” said Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP’s highway safety division.
The chaos appears to have begun when a transport trailer failed to slow down as it approached a construction zone on the highway and “bulldozed” through several vehicles in front of it, according to Schmidt.
“Vehicles are ripped apart. Some are unrecognizable as vehicles,” Schmidt said.
Five people are in hospital with critical injuries while eleven more sustained less serious injuries. ORNGE air ambulance dispatched three helicopters to the scene while Toronto Paramedic Services sent three ambulances units and an ambulance bus to assist.
The man and woman were travelling in a separate vehicle from the boy, Schmidt said.All four eastbound lanes are currently closed at Salem Rd. with westbound lanes closed at Brock St. while the OPP investigate. Police are trying to clear at least one lane for traffic but that might not happen until the early afternoon, Schmidt said.
This is the second time in less than two weeks a fatal crash has happened on Hwy. 401. On Sept. 23, a crash caused by a transport trailer failing to slow down at a construction site near Harwood Ave. in Ajax left two people dead.
