Four are dead, including two grandparents and an infant, following a police chase on an Ontario highway.
A police chase that began in Bowmanville, Ont. following a liquor store robbery led to a six-vehicle collision resulting in the deaths of the driver police were pursuing and three other victims – an infant and the child’s 55- and 60-year-old grandparents.
Police were chasing a suspect who was driving in the wrong direction on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont. at the time of the collision.
According to the Special Investigations Unit, all four individuals involved in the crash were killed, including the driver of the suspect vehicle.
The suspected vehicle was fleeing a robbery in Bowmanville when it entered Hwy. 401, driving in the wrong direction, confirmed Durham police, who were called to the scene of the crime around 7:50 p.m. Monday evening.
Their pursuit is now the subject of a probe by the SIU.
Dashcam footage obtained by CP24 revealed a vehicle in the right lane pulling off the highway to avoid a van speeding towards it, followed by a police cruiser with its lights flashing.
The crash also involved a transport truck with the front cab caved in, which shut down a stretch of the 401 from exit 406 to exit 410.
The closure lasted through the night and into morning traffic. Some lanes were reopened by 8 a.m. with all lanes operational again by 9:45 a.m., according to the OPP.
