Van passenger on fatal road. Crash 401 not expected to survive: Source

May 2, 2024 Vaseline stjohnson 0

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The remains of the front of a tractor-trailer after a fatal collision on the highway. 401 in Whitby, Ontario, on Monday, April 29, 2024, which left four people dead and at least one other clinging to life. Photo by screenshot /X/@ShebaSid

A person who was seriously injured on the fatal highway. The wrong-way 401 crash is not expected to survive, police sources told the toronto sun.

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The crash occurred Monday night after two men, who police say allegedly robbed a Bowmanville LCBO store, led police on a high-speed chase that ended with a pickup truck driving the wrong way down the busy highway. and crashing into another vehicle that was transporting a family.

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Two grandparents and their young grandson died in the accident, along with one of the van’s occupants. Another person was taken to a hospital with significant injuries.

Police sources told Sun that an off-duty Durham Regional Police sergeant was nearby when an LCBO store in Bowmanville was allegedly robbed. There were two suspects. When the police officer tried to stop the couple, one of them allegedly pulled out a knife.

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Instead, the officer followed them in his personal vehicle until police cruisers arrived and resumed the chase that sources said swept through the streets of Oshawa. One of the patrol cars was reportedly hit during the chase.

But the chase was called off until another officer saw the suspicious U-Haul truck entering the freeway. 401 Reverse: Westbound in the eastbound lanes.

Sources said police resumed the chase at that point, but the officer did not say over the radio that the pursuit of the van had resumed. Minutes later, the next radio transmission reported the explosive crash involving six vehicles.

Police said the grandparents, their daughter and the baby were in a vehicle that was struck head-on by the fleeing pickup truck.

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He Sun It has also been learned that the baby’s father was following him in a separate vehicle at the time of the accident. Police sources said the family is from the Waterloo area.

A source said the second suspect in the van is not expected to survive.

The OPP closed the busy highway for hours as investigators tried to unravel the massacre.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate. The agency investigates deaths and serious injuries involving police.

Until now, Durham Police have remained silent about the accident, citing the involvement of the SIU. Additionally, police have not released any of the names of the dead.

– With files from Joe Warmington

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