Woman dead, 2 men critically injured after crash in central Mississauga – Toronto | 24CA News
A lady is useless and two males suffered important accidents after a crash in central Mississauga Friday night, police say.
Peel Regional Police Const. Tyler Bell informed reporters late Friday that shortly after 6:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to Hurontario Street and Central Parkway for stories of “a motor vehicle collision with multiple casualties.”
“On scene, officers located two pedestrians that had been struck by a vehicle, a white Chevrolet pickup truck,” Bell mentioned.
The pickup crashed right into a tree after hitting the pedestrians, Bell mentioned.
The automobile suffered extreme front-end harm and its airbags deployed.
A lady, who was one of many pedestrians struck, was pronounced useless at a hospital, Bell mentioned.
Two males — the driving force of the pickup and the second pedestrian — sustained life-threatening accidents, Bell added. The driver was the one particular person within the automobile on the time.
Bell mentioned the 2 pedestrians had been crossing the highway after they had been hit, however he was unable to say who had the best of approach on the time of the incident.
“There’s varying reports from witnesses on scene,” he mentioned.
“What I can tell you is that the pickup truck was traveling eastbound on Central Parkway when it struck the pedestrians, who were crossing either north or south of Central Parkway.”
He mentioned it’s but to be decided whether or not the pedestrians had been in a crosswalk.
At the time of Bell’s replace, no fees had been laid.
“The circumstances that led to the collision, whether there’s any criminality involved, it’s to be determined. So there’s been no charges yet,” Bell mentioned.
A protracted gun was recovered from the pickup truck, however that was unrelated to the collision and the person concerned is a licenced holder, Bell added.
Anyone with dashcam footage of the pickup truck was requested to contact police.
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