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Driver arrested following multi-vehicle crash in Walkerville
A 23-year-old woman was arrested after a multi-vehicle crash in Walkerville early Thursday. Around 5 a.m., Windsor police responded to the incident on the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue, where a black...
Two sent to hospital following vehicle crash in Brampton
Two people were hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash in Brampton on Wednesday night. The incident occurred on McVean Drive, near Castlemore Road and Rae Avenue, around 10:20 p.m. The cause...
One dead, four injured following two-vehicle crash on Highway 24 north of Simcoe
A fatal crash occurred on Highway 24 near Waterford, north of Simcoe, on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in one death and four injuries. Two cars and an SUV were involved in the collision around 3:30...
Winter weather and slippery roads led to multiple collisions in Toronto and GTA
Toronto emergency services responded to multiple collisions on Tuesday morning as winter weather caused black ice and slippery roads. The Don Valley Parkway (DVP) southbound was closed at Don Mills...
Over 50 collisions reported in Ottawa Tuesday morning due to snowy weather: police
Ottawa police are urging drivers to exercise caution as snow-covered and slippery roads continue to affect the city Tuesday morning. Over 10 cm of snow fell overnight, leading to a spring snowstorm...
Toronto City Council to consider proposed amendments to city’s dangerous dogs bylaw
Toronto City Council will consider several proposed amendments to the city's dangerous dogs bylaw later this month, aimed at improving public safety. The changes, requested last November by...
Man charged following collision with school bus in Lambton Shores
A collision involving a school bus in Lambton Shores on Monday afternoon led to charges for a 38-year-old Goderich man. The crash occurred around 4:25 p.m. at the intersection of Lakeshore Road and...
Elderly woman dead following vehicle rollover on Highway 11 near North Bay
A 70-year-old woman from southern Ontario died in a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 11 near North Bay on Monday morning. The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lane between...
Multi-vehicle collision in Etobicoke: several people sent to hospital
A multi-vehicle collision in Etobicoke on Monday sent one person to a trauma center and several others to the hospital, according to paramedics. The incident occurred just before 3:10 p.m. at...
Woman charged with impaired driving after crashing into fence in Windsor
A 40-year-old woman has been charged with impaired driving after crashing a pick-up truck into a fence in Windsor on Saturday. The incident occurred just before 11 a.m. in East Riverside, on Enfield...
SIU investigate collision involving police cruiser and cyclist in Windsor
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating a collision involving a Windsor Police cruiser and a cyclist that occurred on Sunday. The incident, which took place at the intersection of...
Police seek driver and vehicle after pedestrian struck in St. Catharines
Police are searching for a motorist and their vehicle after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in St. Catharines on Sunday morning. The crash occurred at the intersection...
24-year-old driver from Windsor charged for Highway 401 Chatham-Kent crash
A 24-year-old from Windsor has been charged with careless driving following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent on April 2 at around 6:50 a.m. The vehicle ended up in a ditch....
Collision involving police cruiser injured three in East York
Two women and a man sustained minor injuries in a collision involving a marked police cruiser and another vehicle in East York on Saturday evening, near Queensdale and Coxwell avenues. Paramedics...
Driver hospitalized after crashing into tree in Cambridge
A driver was hospitalized Saturday after his truck veered off the road and hit a tree in Cambridge. Emergency crews responded to the scene on Kossuth Road around 9:15 a.m. The male driver, the sole...
Patrolling officer arrest impaired driver after crash in Midland, Ontario
A driver faces impaired driving charges after crashing into a fire hydrant in Midland on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. when an officer on patrol on King Street witnessed...
City worker from Hamilton died following collision in Ancaster
A Hamilton city worker has died following a collision in Ancaster on Friday morning. The crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Golf Links Road, near Martindale Crescent and Mohawk Road, when a white...
Southdale Road in London partially closed after crash involving motorcycle
A motorcycle crash closed part of Southdale Road on Thursday night, near Tillman Road, around 9:30 p.m. The motorcyclist was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police...
Crash caused by flooded road in Middlesex County sends driver to hospital
A 32-year-old driver from Middlesex County was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries following a crash on McEwan Drive in Middlesex Centre around 6 a.m. The crash occurred in...
Road closed after single-vehicle crash in Strathroy-Caradoc
A single-vehicle crash near Mt. Brydges on Wednesday afternoon led to the closure of Longwoods Road. Strathroy-Caradoc Police responded around noon after the vehicle struck a tree. The collision...
Woman died following two-vehicle crash in Sudbury
A 32-year-old woman was killed and a 33-year-old man injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on Radar Road in Hanmer. The head-on collision occurred around 5:45 p.m. between an SUV and a...
Police seek information on driver in connection to hit-and-run incident
Police in Greater Sudbury are seeking information about a hit-and-run that occurred Wednesday afternoon at the Walmart parking lot on Lasalle Boulevard around 3:45 p.m. A pedestrian was struck and...
Sarnia man died following crash caused by inclement weather near Melbourne
A 30-year-old man from Sarnia died in a single-vehicle crash near Melbourne on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Longwoods Road, north of Glen Oak Road. Strathroy-Caradoc police confirmed the man...
Man dies from fatal injuries following 2-vehicle crash in Rexdale
A 60-year-old man has died following a two-vehicle crash in Rexdale on Wednesday at 7 p.m. near Kipling and Genthorn avenues. The man, initially reported to have serious injuries, was later...
Pickup truck collision leaves woman seriously injured in Timmins
Police in Timmins are investigating a collision on Wednesday in which a woman was seriously injured after being struck by a pickup truck. The truck was heading south on Cedar Street and turned onto...
Driver involved in two-vehicle crash in Bradford sent to hospital
An early morning crash in Bradford involved two vehicles, with one hitting a fence along Dissette Street and Line 8. South Simcoe Police responded, and the road was closed for about 35 minutes. One...
Woman and infant seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Toronto’s west end
Police are investigating a collision in Toronto's Oakwood Village, where a woman carrying an infant was hit by a vehicle around 10:40 a.m. near Vaughan Road and Arlington Avenue. Both the woman and...
Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by vehicle in Pickering
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle in Pickering on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at Liverpool Road and Finch Avenue, sending the pedestrian to Ajax-Pickering...
Two critically injured following two-vehicle collision in Mississauga
Two people are in critical condition after a two-vehicle collision in Mississauga on Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred near Erin Mills Parkway and Vista Boulevard, just south of Brittania Road...
Brampton crash sends three people, including child, to hospital
A crash in Brampton Tuesday morning left three people, including a child, hospitalized. The single-vehicle collision occurred near Torbram Road and Queen Street East around 6 a.m. One adult...
Driver seriously injured following two-vehicle crash in Whitby
A driver is in life-threatening condition after a two-vehicle crash involving a truck and a car on Highway 7 at Highway 412 in Whitby on Monday morning. The car was reportedly wedged under the...
Two-vehicle crash disrupt traffic on Highway 401 in London
Traffic on Highway 401 in London is slow due to a two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes at the Exeter Road exit. While traffic is still moving, delays are occurring in the area. One person was...
Woman sustained serious injuries after bring hit by vehicle in North York
A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle in North York on Sunday afternoon, near Finch Avenue East and Leslie Street. Toronto police responded to the scene just...
33-year-old woman charged following two-vehicle collision in busy Waterloo intersection
A 33-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving following a two-vehicle collision at the busy intersection of Weber Street North and Erb Street East in Waterloo on Sunday morning. The...
Toronto police investigate man struck by vehicle near Steeles and Bathurst
Toronto police are investigating a serious collision involving a 62-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle late Saturday night near Steeles Avenue West and Bathurst Street. The man sustained...
Road closure and police investigation underway following 3-vehicle crash in Vaughan
A three-vehicle crash in Vaughan led to road closures on Saturday evening as York police investigated the scene. The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. near Rutherford and Weston roads, close to...
Icy road conditions result in nearly 70 collisions across Eastern Ontario
A multi-vehicle collision on Highway 416 in eastern Ontario late Friday night left more than eight people injured. The incident occurred just before midnight, between Highway 401 and County Road 21,...
Elderly woman hospitalized following two-vehicle collision in Toronto’s east end
Toronto police are investigating a two-vehicle collision that left an elderly woman injured in the city's east-end. The incident occurred Saturday morning just after 7:30 a.m. at Woodbine Avenue and...
One person dead following fatal 3-vehicle collision on Highway 138
A fatal collision occurred Saturday morning on Highway 138 in North Stormont, involving two tractor trailers and a car. The crash took place just before 9:30 a.m. at MacNeil Road/County Road 22 and...
Two hospitalized after vehicle flipped over in Windsor
Two people were hospitalized after a crash early Saturday near the intersection of Dougall Avenue and Ouellette Place around 2 a.m. Officers found a vehicle flipped over with significant damage and...
18-year-old driver charged, passenger seriously injured following crash near Waterloo
An 18-year-old driver was charged with impaired driving after crashing in Wilmot on Friday night. Waterloo Regional Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Snyders Road East and Foundry Street...
Teen charged in serious collision in Southgate
A serious collision between an SUV and a tractor in Southgate on Friday afternoon has led to charges for a 16-year-old from Conn. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Grey Road 9 between Sideroad...
School bus and minivan collide in Clearview Township
A school bus in Clearview Township was evacuated Friday after a collision with a minivan on County Road 91 near Fairgrounds Road North and Concession 6 South, just before 3 p.m. No injuries were...
SIU investigate 4-vehicle crash in Brampton involving police cruiser
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a four-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Brampton, involving a police cruiser and leaving one person with serious injuries. The...
Rollover collision in Barrie resulted to heavy traffic delay Thursday morning
Traffic was heavily delayed on Barrie’s Bayfield Street Thursday morning following a rollover collision. The two-vehicle crash occurred around 11:30 a.m. at Bayfield Street and Ferris Lane, with a...
Residents displaced following two-vehicle crash onto Lowertown townhouses in Ottawa
A two-vehicle crash caused significant damage to a Lowertown townhouse complex, displacing several residents. The collision, which occurred around 5:02 p.m. in the 300 block of Murray Street,...
Driver injured after collision on the Hanlon Parkway in Guelph
A Guelph driver was taken to a trauma center with serious, non-life-threatening injuries following a collision on the Hanlon Parkway near Willow Road on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The crash involved an SUV...
Two sent to hospital following crash in Kitchener
Two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following a crash in Kitchener on Wednesday around 11:40 a.m. Emergency services responded to a two-vehicle collision at Victoria...
Road closure in Waterloo after three-vehicle collision
A three-vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Avondale Road North and Erb Street West in Waterloo, prompting a response from emergency services. Waterloo Regional Police provided an...
Multiple accidents and highway closures reported in western Ontario
Multiple crashes and jackknifed trucks have caused highway closures in western Ontario. An eight-vehicle crash at the Highway 401 and 402 split near London closed lanes on Wednesday morning, though...
Two drivers injured following tractor trailer collision in Sarnia, 402 westbound closed
Ontario Provincial Police reported that two people were hospitalized following a collision between two tractor trailers on Highway 402 westbound in Sarnia early Wednesday morning, around 3 a.m....
Police investigate 3-vehicle crash on Highway 401 near Lansdowne, Ontario
Ontario Provincial Police reported that a section of westbound Highway 401 was closed Wednesday morning due to a three-vehicle crash near Lansdowne, Ont., around 7 a.m. Two drivers sustained minor...
61-year-old man dead following two-vehicle crash near Alexandria, Ontario
A 61-year-old man from South Glengarry died in a two-vehicle crash south of Alexandria, Ont., early Tuesday. The collision occurred around 6 a.m. on County Road 25, between County Road 24 and Chapel...
Driver taken to hospital, passenger airlifted following crash in Norfolk County
Two people were hospitalized after a crash involving two pickup trucks at the intersection of Cockshutt Road and Concession 10 Townsend in Norfolk County on Monday around 4:30 p.m. The driver of one...
Police car involved in multi-vehicle crash in Toronto’s west end
A police scout car was part of a three-vehicle crash in Toronto's west end on Tuesday afternoon. The collision, which also involved a dump truck and an SUV, occurred around 2 p.m. near Queen Street...
Driver hospitalized following crash in Brampton during morning
A crash in Brampton on Tuesday morning sent one person to the hospital. The incident occurred around 6:20 a.m. at Torbram Road and Peter Robertson Boulevard. A male driver was taken to a trauma...
Driver hospitalized with serious injuries following fiery crash in Scarborough
A fiery crash on eastbound Ellesmere Road near the intersection of Ellesmere and Markham roads has reduced traffic to a single lane. Toronto police were called at 2:19 p.m. after a driver crashed...
19-year-old driver from Essex charged following collision
A 19-year-old driver from Essex has been charged following a collision at the intersection of County Road 11 and County Road 8 on Sunday at 1:23 a.m. The driver was arrested and charged with...
Collision between cyclist and vehicle in downtown London being investigated
Emergency crews are responding to a collision between a cyclist and a vehicle at the intersection of Dundas and Maitland Streets in downtown London. One person has been taken to the hospital with...
Pick-up truck flipped into fence of elementary school following two-vehicle collision
A serious collision occurred in east London on Monday morning involving two pick-up trucks at the intersection of Oxford and McNay Streets around 7 a.m. One truck flipped onto its side, with the cab...
Inclement spring weather causes multiple traffic accidents in Ottawa Monday morning
A spring snowstorm caused significant traffic disruptions in Ottawa on Monday morning, with snow melting off roads and sidewalks by the afternoon. Between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., several collisions...
Driver killed following fatal crash in Thunder Bay
A fatal crash involving a commercial vehicle occurred on Sunday night in northern Ontario, leaving one person dead. The collision took place just after 7:30 p.m. on Highway 11/17 at Sistonens...
Person hospitalized after two-vehicle collision in Etobicoke
A person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision in central Etobicoke on Sunday morning, near Islington and Eglinton avenues. Paramedics responded at 6:21 a.m. and transported the...
Police investigate fatal crash in south end of London
London police are asking the public for help with their investigation into a fatal crash in the south end. Police responded to the incident near Bradley Avenue and Ernest Avenue around 7:30 p.m....
Police investigate two-vehicle crash near Salem Ridge golf course in Ajax
Durham police are investigating a two-vehicle crash near Salem Ridge golf course in Ajax that occurred on March 21 at the intersection of Salem Road North and Taunton Road East. Two adults were...
Driver killed in fiery collision on Highway 5 in Hamilton
A 55-year-old driver was killed in a fiery head-on collision on Highway 5 in Hamilton on Monday morning. Ontario Provincial Police responded to the crash near Dundas at around 9:30 a.m. The driver,...
Man dead following hit-and-run on Highway 407 in Markham
A 53-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run on Hwy. 407 in Markham on Monday morning. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded around 6 a.m. after the man was found lying in the westbound lanes...
Police investigate fatal collision involving pedestrian in London
Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision in London’s south end. The London Police Service responded to the scene near Bradley Avenue and Ernest Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday....
Person seriously injured following crash involving horse and buggy in Wellesley Township
A crash involving a vehicle and a horse and buggy in Wellesley Township on Sunday morning left one person hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Waterloo Regional Police...
Woman arrested and charged after causing multiple crashes in Cambridge
A 29-year-old woman from Cambridge was arrested Friday evening after causing multiple crashes. Waterloo Regional Police responded to a call around 7:10 p.m. about a possibly impaired driver near...
Montreal woman dead after fatal crash near Iroquois, Ontario
The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in South Dundas on Friday evening. The crash occurred around 10:45 p.m. when the vehicle, traveling westbound on County...
Elderly woman dead after being struck by pickup truck in downtown Toronto
A 94-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a pickup truck west of downtown Toronto on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. near Massey Street and King Street West....
Woman hospitalized after being hit by vehicle near Yonge and Sheppard
A woman in her 30s was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. She sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Southbound...
Person sent to hospital following two-vehicle crash in Richmond Hill
A person was hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash in Richmond Hill on Friday. York Regional Police responded to the scene on Bloomington Road, west of Bayview Avenue, around 1:30 p.m. One...
Man riding an e-bike killed in fatal crash in Port Colborne
A 47-year-old man died in a crash in Port Colborne on Friday afternoon. Niagara Regional Police say the incident occurred just after 11 a.m. at Elm and George streets, when the man, riding an...
London man dead following crash on Highway 401 in Elgin County
A 25-year-old man from London has died in a crash on Highway 401 in Elgin County. The collision involved a passenger vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes, and a commercial motor...
Motorcyclist seriously injured after collision in Brampton
A motorcyclist in his 20s sustained life-threatening injuries after a collision with a vehicle in Brampton late Wednesday night. Peel Regional Police responded to the crash at Mavis Road and Ray...
Suspect wanted in connection to fatal crash in St. Catharines
A 31-year-old man was killed after a stolen Audi crashed into his vehicle in St. Catharines on Wednesday night, according to Niagara Regional Police. The incident began around 9:40 p.m. when a black...
OPP reveals leading cause of fatal cashes in eastern Ontario in 2024
Speeding and distracted driving were the leading causes of fatal crashes on eastern Ontario highways in 2024. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported 81 deaths from 72 fatal collisions on...
Motorcyclist seriously injured following collision in Scarborough
A motorcycle rider was seriously injured in a collision in Scarborough on McCowan Road and Pitfield Road, near Sheppard Avenue East, around 8 p.m. Toronto police and paramedics responded to the...
Woman dead following a farming vehicle accident in Kingsville
A 59-year-old woman has died following a farm accident in Kingsville. At around 5:10 p.m. on Monday, emergency services responded to a crash on County Road 20 involving a pedestrian. The woman was...
Truck driver charged in fatal collision that killed garbage truck driver in Mississauga
A 48-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal head-on collision in Mississauga in September that killed a garbage truck driver. The crash occurred on Derry Road, east of Goreway...
Person dead following crash in North Perth
A fatal crash occurred in North Perth, resulting in one death. Emergency crews responded around 8 a.m. to the intersection of Perth Line 86 and Perth Road 140, where a commercial motor vehicle and a...
Fatal collision leads to Highway 11 closure in northern Ontario
Highway 11 is closed between Kapuskasing and Smooth Rock Falls due to a fatal collision, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported Monday. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. just east of Fauquier,...
OPP investigate serious collision involving snow machine near Chapleau, Ontario
Ontario Provincial Police are responding to a serious collision involving a snow machine near Chapleau on Monday afternoon. Highway 101, between Brunswick House First Nation and Foleyet, is closed...
One person seriously injured after car and motorcycle collide in downtown Toronto
A two-vehicle crash involving a car and a motorcycle Saturday morning left one person with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The collision occurred around 10:15 a.m. at Lake Shore Boulevard...
Driver hospitalized following two-vehicle accident in Strathroy, Ontario
A two-vehicle accident in Strathroy has caused the closure of Melbourne Road. The crash, which happened in the morning, left one driver with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was transported...
Toronto Police investigate crash in Scarborough that seriously injured driver
Toronto police are investigating a crash in Scarborough where a driver was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Friday morning. The incident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. when a black BMW,...
Crash leads to of Highway 12 in Orillia
Emergency crews responded to a crash on Highway 12 near Memorial Avenue in Orillia Saturday afternoon. OPP confirmed the incident and announced the closure of Highway 12 in both directions between...
London driver dead after collision with train in Tillsonburg
A fatal collision occurred on the western edge of Tillsonburg on Friday, shortly before 12:30 p.m. Oxford OPP responded to an incident involving a sedan and a train on Bayham Drive. The 56-year-old...
Driver charged following two-vehicle crash in Huron County
One person has been charged following a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening at the intersection of Gore Road and Loyal Line in Huron County. Police say the crash occurred when one driver failed to...
Vehicle crashes into business in Grand Bend
A vehicle crashed into the front of a business in Grand Bend around 9:30 p.m. on Main Street/County Road 81, but no injuries were reported. Police confirmed only one person was in the vehicle at the...
Three dead following serious crash near Cornwall
Three people died in a head-on crash east of Cornwall on Thursday night. The collision occurred around 9 p.m. on County Road 2, near McGibbon Road, when an eastbound vehicle crossed into oncoming...
Woman dead following collision in Scugog Township
A woman has died after a head-on collision on Lakeridge Road in Scugog Township Friday afternoon, just a few kilometers from a fatal crash earlier in the week. The incident occurred at Lakeridge...
Woman dead following collision northeast of Uxbridge
A woman is dead after a collision near Uxbridge on Thursday afternoon, according to Durham Regional Police. The crash occurred on Lake Ridge Road at Scugog Line 14, northeast of Uxbridge. Police...
Students left in shock after almost being hit by car near Fanshawe College
Students at Fanshawe College are raising safety concerns following a single-car crash near the campus on Tuesday evening. The crash, which occurred just after 8:30 p.m., knocked down a fence and...
Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Mississauga
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a crash involving a vehicle in Mississauga on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at around 10 p.m. near Erin Mills Parkway and Windwood Drive, north of...
Man dead following crash on Highway 11 near North Bay
A crash on Highway 11 near North Bay on Wednesday evening has resulted in one fatality. The collision, involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer, occurred around 4:20 p.m. A 52-year-old...
Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Willowdale
A man was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in Willowdale on Wednesday night. Toronto police responded to the crash near Elmwood and Willowdale avenues just before 9 p.m. The man, in his...
Toronto woman pleads guilty in dog attack that left child severely injured
A Toronto woman, Patrycja Siarek, has pleaded guilty to several charges, including criminal negligence, following a dog attack that severely injured a child. The attack occurred when an off-leash...