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Ontario Provincial Police say two people have died following a two-car crash on the eastbound express lane of Hwy. 401 near Dixie Rd. in Mississauga just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
“Two passenger vehicles were involved in a rear-end collision as traffic was slowing,” the OPP Highway Safety Division said in a post on social media platform X. “Two adults were pronounced deceased at the scene. Three others were transported to hospital with injuries.”
The deceased have been identified as an 80-year-old male passenger and a 53-year-old female passenger, both from Cambridge, Ont.
The OPP said they were both occupants of the vehicle struck from behind.
Video footage of crash circulating
A frightening 32-second video, billed as exclusive dashcam footage by @401_da_sarpanch on its X account, shows traffic to the left on the 401 slowing before a dark grey SUV comes barreling along at a high speed and slams loudly into the back of a silver SUV.
The impact sends the silver-coloured SUV spinning across several lanes of traffic while the dark grey SUV comes to a stop facing the car it has just hit with its hazard lights flashing.
As other vehicles pass the collision, they all start honking.
Cops said that eastbound express lanes were closed at Mississauga Rd., but were expected to reopen later in the day.
Any witnesses are urged to call Mississauga OPP at 905-858-8670.