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Crash in Kitchener sends two to hospital
A 58-year-old Kitchener driver is facing multiple charges, including impaired driving, following a two-vehicle collision on King Street East near Riverbank Drive around 6:20 p.m. on Monday. Waterloo...
Collision involving OPP cruiser and pickup truck reported in Midland, Ontario
Provincial police are investigating a collision between a pickup truck and an OPP cruiser in Midland on Monday at the King Street and Highway 12 intersection. The area is expected to remain closed...
Driver arrested and charged following serious crash on Highway 400 in North York
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a serious crash involving two vehicles on Highway 400 in North York, which occurred before 7:30 a.m. ET in the southbound lanes near Highway 401....
Person rescued and sent to hospital after two-vehicle collision in Barrie
A two-vehicle collision occurred on Yonge Street in Barrie on Monday morning, just before 11:30 a.m., between Mapleview Drive and St. Paul’s Crescent. One person had to be rescued from a vehicle by...
Vehicle rollover closes southbound McCowan Road near Scarborough Town Centre
Southbound McCowan Road near Scarborough Town Centre is blocked due to a vehicle rollover at McCowan and Town Centre Court, north of Ellesmere Road. The incident occurred just after 4:30 p.m., but...
Ottawa driver who tried to flick cigarette out window charged following crash on Highway 417
A driver was hospitalized with minor injuries following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 417 in Ottawa's west end on Sunday morning. The incident occurred just after 9 a.m. when the driver...
Multiple OPP vehicles involved in collisions during white-out conditions in southwestern Ontario
On Saturday night, five OPP vehicles were hit by motorists driving around road closure signs in southwestern Ontario during white-out conditions. Sgt. Sanchuk emphasized the importance of obeying...
Man rescued from under pickup truck following collision near University of Ottawa
A man in his 20s was rescued this morning after becoming trapped under a vehicle following a collision on Laurier Avenue near the University of Ottawa. The Ottawa Police Service responded to the...
Multiple crashes reported in Simcoe, Huron and Perth County on Saturday
Ontario Provincial Police are advising drivers to avoid traveling in Simcoe, Huron, and Perth County due to blowing snow and whiteout conditions. Officers have responded to multiple crashes and...
Three rescued following vehicle rollover in Milton
Three people were rescued from a vehicle that rolled onto its side in Milton on Friday night. Emergency crews responded to the crash near Childs Drive and Robertson Crescent, west of Main Street...
One dead after two women struck by vehicle in Mississauga
Two women were critically injured in a pedestrian collision in Mississauga on Friday night. Peel Regional Police responded to the scene at Lakeshore Road West and Walden Circle around 6:15 p.m....
Crash on QEW leaves driver seriously injured
The westbound off-ramp from the Queen Elizabeth Way to Dixie Road has reopened after a single-vehicle crash early Friday morning. Ontario Provincial Police reported the incident occurred at 6:30...
28-year-old driver dead following multi-vehicle collision near Guelph
A fatal three-vehicle accident occurred near Guelph on Friday morning, resulting in the death of a 28-year-old from Waterloo. Ontario Provincial Police were dispatched to the scene at approximately...
Three-vehicle crash involving truck, snow plow and minivan on Highway 401 in Scarborough
A large truck rolled over and spilled scrap metal onto Hwy. 401 in Scarborough following a three-vehicle crash involving a minivan and a snow plow on Thursday afternoon. The collision occurred near...
Driver dead after vehicle rollover on Highway 407 in Markham
A driver was killed in a vehicle rollover on Highway 407 near Kennedy Road in Markham on Thursday morning around 10 a.m. The driver, who was the sole occupant, was pronounced dead at the scene. All...
Woman struck by vehicle while crossing Highway 401 in Milton
A 21-year-old woman was struck while attempting to cross the westbound lanes of Highway 401 in Milton on Wednesday at 7:40 p.m. with her 22-year-old companion. She was taken to the hospital with...
Driver sent to hospital following head-on collision on Highway 11
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a head-on collision on Highway 11 near Driftwood that occurred around 7:45 p.m. on February 26. The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a...
25-year-old woman dead following crash in Windsor
A 25-year-old woman died after her car collided with a pickup truck in Windsor on Tuesday night around 10 p.m. at Lauzon Parkway and Hawthorne Drive. Police found a white sedan with heavy front-end...
Leamington man dead following collision in Chatham-Kent
A 65-year-old man from Leamington has died following a collision in Chatham-Kent on Saturday at 11:40 a.m. The Chatham-Kent Police Service responded to the incident on Wheatley Road, south of...
Man struck and killed on Highway 417 in Ottawa
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 417 in Ottawa's east end early Tuesday morning after his car ended up in the center median. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the scene...
Car driving in opposite direction falls through hole on Gardiner Expressway
A man in his 30s faces charges of impaired driving after allegedly operating his vehicle in the wrong direction on the Gardiner Expressway and subsequently falling into a hole late Tuesday...
Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle in North York
A pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle in North York near Jane Street and Finch Avenue West on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred just before 5 p.m., and the driver...
Two pedestrians struck in multi-vehicle crash in Toronto’s east end
A multi-vehicle crash in Toronto's east end, near Victoria Park and Lawrence avenues, resulted in two pedestrians being struck, though no injuries have been reported. The incident occurred around 5...
Driver hits snowbank, rolls vehicle on its side on Burlington QEW
A driver was hospitalized with minor injuries after their vehicle struck a snowbank and rolled onto its side on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Burlington on Sunday evening. The incident occurred just...
Three hospitalized following multi-vehicle crash involving school bus in Ottawa
Three men were hospitalized after a crash involving a school bus and three pick-up trucks in Ottawa’s rural south end on Monday morning. The collision occurred on Mitch Owens Road, near Manotick...
Three people hospitalized, one critical following collision on Highway 401 in Scarborough
Following a vehicle collision with two Ministry of Transportation (MTO) blocker trucks on Highway 401 in Scarborough, three people were hospitalized, one of whom suffered critical injuries. The...
Driver hospitalized following early morning crash at an intersection in Ancaster
A man was hospitalized with unknown injuries after crashing his vehicle at an intersection in Ancaster, west of Hamilton, on Sunday morning. Hamilton Police reported the collision occurred just...
Man sent to hospital following hit-and-run in North York
Toronto police are investigating a hit-and-run in North York that occurred late Saturday evening. The collision, involving two vehicles, took place near Wilson Avenue and Wilson Heights Boulevard...
Westbound lanes on Highway 417 in Ottawa reopens following 10-vehicle crash
Ontario Provincial Police reopened the westbound lanes of Highway 417 in Ottawa on Saturday evening after a 10-vehicle crash. The highway was closed between Metcalfe Street and Bronson Avenue around...
Two injured in hit-and-run crash on Highway 401
Two people were injured in a hit-and-run crash on Highway 401 early Saturday morning. Provincial police report that a white tractor-trailer struck another vehicle in the westbound lanes between...
Three-vehicle collision involving OC Transpo bus on Highway 174, driver hospitalized
A three-vehicle collision involving an OC Transpo bus on Highway 174 Friday afternoon resulted in a woman being hospitalized. Paramedics were called at 4 p.m. to the scene near Innes Road, where a...
Multi-vehicle crash in Etobicoke that sent two women to the hospital being investigated
OPP are investigating a multi-vehicle crash near The East Mall and Rathburn Rd, which resulted in two women being hospitalized with minor injuries. It is not yet clear if any charges will be filed.
Ingersoll man killed in two-vehicle crash in Oxford County
A 27-year-old man from Ingersoll died in a two-vehicle crash in Oxford County on Thursday night. The collision occurred just before 11 p.m. on Road 68, between 45th Line and Zorra-East Zorra...
Three killed in fatal collision near Alliston
A head-on collision in New Tecumseth on Friday morning claimed the lives of three people in their 20s. Emergency crews responded to the crash on Tottenham Road near Alliston just before 6 a.m.,...
22-year-old dead following crash in Norwich Township
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal crash involving a compact SUV and a tractor-trailer in Norwich Township, near Woodstock, on February 19. The collision occurred before...
40-year-old from Timmins dead following collision on Highway 11
Ontario Provincial Police reported a fatal collision on Highway 11 involving a motor vehicle and a commercial vehicle, which occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday, just east of Highway 584. The victim, a...
Senior fatally struck while trying to free vehicle from snowbank in Markham
A 78-year-old man died after being struck by a vehicle while trying to free his vehicle from a snowbank in Markham on Monday. The incident occurred around 2:50 p.m. at Reesor Road and Elgin Mills...
22-year-old dead following crash in Oxford County
A fatal crash occurred in Oxford County on Wednesday morning involving a transport truck and a small SUV on Norwich Road at Base Line, east of Norwich. The victim has been identified as a...
Winter weather causes multi-vehicle crash on Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte
Provincial police report that whiteout conditions caused a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte on Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic for hours. The three-vehicle collision occurred...
Collision between horse-drawn buggy and vehicle closes Highway 6 south of Mount Forest
A horse-drawn buggy driver was seriously injured in a collision with a vehicle south of Mount Forest. Ontario Provincial Police responded to the collision at the intersection of Sideroad 3 West and...
Collision involving two vehicles in Springwater Township leaves two seriously injured
Huronia West OPP is seeking public assistance in investigating a two-vehicle crash in Springwater Township that left two people hospitalized. The collision occurred on County Road 27 at Flos Road 8...
23-year-old driver caught driving without insurance involved in crash less than a day
An Innisfil man, charged with driving without insurance, was later involved in a crash. South Simcoe police stopped the 23-year-old on Reagans Industrial Parkway in Bradford West Gwillimbury,...
Road closed after vehicle collided onto pole in Cambridge
A section of Franklin Boulevard in Cambridge was closed for several hours Monday night after a vehicle collided onto a pole. Waterloo Regional Police responded to the scene around 9:58 p.m., and the...
Road 3 East in Kingsville reopens after vehicle crash
Essex County OPP have reopened Road 3 East in Kingsville following a crash on Tuesday morning. The collision, which occurred at 7:15 a.m. when a vehicle hit a hydro pole, caused wires to fall onto...
Man in life-threatening condition following nine-vehicle crash in Uxbridge Township
A man is in life-threatening condition following a nine-vehicle crash in Uxbridge Township on Monday. The collision occurred on Regional Road 1, south of Fowlers Road, and the injured man was...
Trussler Road closed following multi-vehicle crash
The Waterloo Regional Police responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Trussler Road in Kitchener. The road was closed in both directions between Highway 7/8 and Nathalie Street around 3:30 p.m.,...
Fatal two-vehicle collision in Norfolk County being investigated by OPP
The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Norfolk County. On Monday around 1:00 p.m., OPP responded to a collision on Concession 2 Road in Houghton Township...
Two police officers hospitalized following collision in North York
Two Toronto police officers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a collision in North York on Saturday afternoon, near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue East, just before 1:30 p.m....
Collision on the DVP left Toronto police officer seriously injured
A Toronto police officer was seriously injured in a crash on the Don Valley Parkway early Saturday morning. The collision, involving the officer’s vehicle and another car, occurred around 6:40 a.m....
Early morning collision reported on Highway 69 near French River
Highway 69 was closed in both directions at Pickerel River Road in French River due to a collision early Saturday morning. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed the closure via social media...
31-year-old man dead after SUV crash into pole in Oakville
A 31-year-old man from Hamilton died, and a 30-year-old passenger sustained serious injuries after their vehicle crashed into a light standard in Oakville Thursday night. Halton Regional Police...
Man hospitalized following collision involving a snow clearing vehicle in Waterloo
A 54-year-old man from Waterloo was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a collision with a snow-clearing vehicle on Thursday at 3:35 p.m. The crash occurred at Bridge Street West...
Man dead following two-vehicle crash in Tottenham
A young man died in a collision early Friday morning in Tottenham. The crash, involving a car and a work truck, occurred around 6 a.m. on Tottenham Road between Line 11 and 12. The road is closed,...
Driver in critical condition following two-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga
A person was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga Thursday afternoon, according to paramedics. The accident occurred in the westbound lanes between Highway 410 and...
Vehicle collision on Highway 401 in Bowmanville leaves truck driver critically injured
A truck driver was critically injured in a collision on Highway 401 in Bowmanville Thursday morning, according to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The incident occurred in the westbound lanes at...
Driver seriously injured following crash on Highway 407 in Brampton
A driver is in serious condition following a collision on Highway 407 east of Airport Road in Brampton on Wednesday evening, according to OPP. The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. when the driver of...
Firefighters rescue driver following multi-vehicle collision on Highway 417
Ontario Provincial Police called Ottawa fire services for assistance in freeing a driver trapped in a vehicle after a crash on Highway 417. The incident occurred around 6:36 p.m. on Monday in the...
Two teenagers hospitalized following collision between TTC bus and car in Etobicoke
Two teenagers are in the hospital after a car collided with a TTC bus in Etobicoke on Tuesday night. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. near Kipling Avenue and Longfield Road, south of...
Two pedestrians seriously injured following separate collisions in Toronto
Two pedestrians were seriously injured in separate collisions in Toronto on Tuesday night. The first incident occurred in Etobicoke near Finch Avenue West and Humberline Drive at 9:09 p.m., when a...
Elderly woman dead after being hit by dump truck in North York
An 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a truck near Wilson Avenue and Bathurst Street around 10:45 a.m., according to Toronto police. The woman, who was crossing Wilson, was hit by the...
Driver dead following multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga
A 52-year-old man from Acton, Ont. died after a four-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga. Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the driver, who was rushed to the hospital with...
Cambridge woman charged following bus crash in Guelph that killed pedestrian
A Cambridge woman has been charged after a deadly crash involving a Guelph city bus. On Sunday, the 57-year-old woman was charged with criminal negligence and careless driving causing death. The...
Three-vehicle collision on County Road 27 leaves two dead
An elderly couple from Midland, Ont., died in a three-vehicle crash on County Road 27, near Flos Road 11 East, around 11:55 a.m. on Saturday. The victims, an 80-year-old man and a 77-year-old woman,...
Truck driver sustained minor injuries following collision on QEW in Lincoln
A pickup truck lost control on the QEW Thursday morning, rolling into a ditch and causing minor injuries to the driver, who had to be extricated from the vehicle. The incident, which occurred just...
Collision reported on County Road 27 in Simcoe leads to road closure
Police shut down a section of County Road 27 near Elmvale on Saturday following a reported collision. The road is closed between Flor Road 11 East and Baseline Road. Authorities, including police...
Major multi-vehicle collision on Highway 11 in Orillia leaves one dead
A multi-vehicle crash in Orillia, Ont., on Friday resulted in one death and several injuries, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Orillia Fire Chief Chris Ferry reported that approximately 50...
Driver sustained fatal injuries following head-on collision near Belleville
A driver was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a head-on collision in the Township of Tyendinaga, northeast of Belleville, on February 5. The crash occurred on...
Woman seriously injured after being hit by truck in Pape Village
A woman in her 40s was rushed to the hospital in life-threatening condition after being struck by a truck in Toronto's Pape Village neighborhood on February 6, near Pape and Mortimer Avenues. The...
Dog attack leaves jogger seriously injured in West Grey
A 69-year-old woman from West Grey has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a 58-year-old man was severely injured in a dog attack while jogging in West Grey earlier this...
Woman in fatal condition after being hit by truck in East York
A woman is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a truck in East York this afternoon. The collision occurred just before 2 p.m. near Mortimer and Pape avenues. Toronto paramedics...
Collision between two vehicles in Brampton leaves man in critical condition
A man is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash in Brampton on Thursday afternoon. The collision, involving a pickup truck and a car, occurred near McVean and Countryside Drives just before...
Sloppy roads and inclement winter weather leads to numerous crashes reported on GTA highways
A freezing drizzle advisory has been issued for Toronto, with Ontario Provincial Police warning of hazardous road conditions in the GTA. Freezing drizzle mixed with light snow is expected to cause...
OPP investigate collision between school bus and minivan in the Upper Ottawa Valley
A school bus and a minivan collided Thursday morning in the Upper Ottawa Valley, but the bus driver and 12 children on board were unharmed. Emergency crews responded to the crash around 7:50 a.m. at...
Driver dead following car crash into building in St. Catharines
A 24-year-old man died early Thursday morning after crashing his car into a building near the Glendale canal crossing in St. Catharines. At around 12:50 a.m., Niagara Regional Police responded to...
Driver charged following collision that killed teenage cyclist in eastern Ontario last summer
A driver has been charged in connection with a car collision that killed a 14-year-old cyclist in eastern Ontario last summer. The incident occurred on August 30 when the cyclist, riding on the...
Woman sent to hospital following vehicle accident on Highway 403 in Hamilton
A driver was hospitalized following a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 403 in Hamilton on February 4, just after 4 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported lane restrictions between Highway...
Vehicle collision leaves woman seriously injured in Forest Hill North
A woman sustained serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in midtown Toronto on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred near Bathurst Street and Ridge Hill Drive, north of Eglinton Avenue...
Crash involving three vehicles in Wellesley Township leaves 67-year-old man dead
A 67-year-old man from Kitchener died in a crash in Wellesley Township early Monday morning. The collision involved a white Dodge Caravan, a blue box truck, and a white transport truck on Line 86...
18-year-old driver dead following vehicle accident in Oshawa
An 18-year-old driver has died in a single-vehicle crash near Harmony Valley Conservation Area in Oshawa. Durham police responded to the scene at Grandview Street North and Rathburn Street around...
Woman hospitalized after collision in Toronto’s west end
A woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Toronto’s west end on Sunday afternoon, according to paramedics. The collision occurred near...
Two hospitalized following collision south of Glencoe
A late-night collision south of Glencoe on Saturday has resulted in two individuals being hospitalized, one of whom is suffering from life-threatening injuries. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)...
Collision between two trucks in Scarborough leaves two men seriously injured
Paramedics have reported that two men were seriously injured in a rollover collision that occurred in Scarborough on Saturday evening. Police were dispatched to the vicinity of Craighton Drive and...
Crash on Highway 6 in Flamborough leaves driver seriously injured
A driver is in critical condition after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 6 in Flamborough on February 1. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported on X that the highway was closed between Concession...
Collision reporting centres in Halton shut down following surge in vehicle accidents
Halton police have reported a significant increase in in-person collision reports following vehicle accidents this past weekend, indicating that reporting centers are no longer accommodating walk-in...
Police investigate fiery collision on Highway 401 near Kingston
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a major crash involving two tractor-trailers on Highway 401, west of Kingston. Emergency crews were called to the scene after reports of a serious...
Vehicle collision in Markham leaves pedestrian critically injured
Witnesses are being urged to step forward following a serious incident in which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and critically injured in Markham on Thursday evening. York Regional Police...
Woman airlifted to trauma centre after serious collision in Guelph
A woman was airlifted to a trauma centre in Hamilton after being hit by a vehicle in the Exhibition Park neighborhood of Guelph. Guelph police announced on X prior to 7:20 a.m. ET on January 30 that...
Collision between two vehicles closes Highway 11 near Huntsville
A collision involving a car and a transport truck in Huntsville on Wednesday has resulted in one individual being hospitalized. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, the injured party...
Highway 427 in Etobicoke temporarily closed following 3 separate crashes
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating three separate crashes that occurred on Highway 427 near Finch Avenue West in Etobicoke. OPP first responded to reports of a two-vehicle...
Highway 26 in Thornbury temporarily closed following multi-vehicle crash
The Ontario Provincial Police are advising drivers to exercise caution following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 26 in Thornbury, which occurred amid snowy conditions. The accident transpired...
A guide to the new Ontario collision reporting laws
As you transition to the year 2025, you may have found yourself facing a change in collision reporting regulations that could affect you if you're involved in a car accident. Starting January 1,...
Vehicle caught on fire following collision on Highway 401 near Waterloo
On Monday morning, drivers on Highway 401 experienced significant disruptions due to a vehicle fire that led to the closure of the roadway just east of the Waterloo Region. The Ministry of...
Highway 17 crash near Sudbury leaves 2 dead and 4 injured
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently conducting an investigation into a deadly two-vehicle accident that occurred on Highway 17, situated east of Sudbury. The collision took place on...
22-year-old woman dead after being hit by school bus, driver charged
A school bus driver has been charged following a fatal collision that occurred three months ago in the eastern part of Toronto. The incident, which took place on the afternoon of October 9, claimed...
Woman fatally injured after being hit by dump truck in Mississauga
A woman in her 50s has died after being struck by a dump truck in Mississauga on Thursday afternoon. Peel police indicated that they responded to the incident at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue...
2 people hospitalized following serious multi-vehicle crash in Etobicoke
On Thursday morning, two individuals were rapidly taken to the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash in north Etobicoke. Toronto police indicated that they were alerted to the situation in the...
Highway 17 closed off following serious collision near Ignace
Following a collision between two commercial motor vehicles, Highway 17 has been closed for over 10 hours, affecting the stretch between Highway 622 and the Township of Ignace. The Ontario...
Car crash north of London leaves one person dead and two injured
A fatal incident took place north of London on Wednesday, resulting in one death and two injuries. The Middlesex County OPP, along with the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Middlesex Centre...
Serious crash in Pickering leaves father and three-year-old daughter dead
A father and his three-year-old daughter tragically lost their lives in a hospital after being struck by another vehicle in Pickering on Tuesday night, according to police. At around 7:50 p.m., a...
Search for dog and owner underway after fatal attack in Brantford
The investigation into a dog involved in a fatal incident in Brantford is ongoing, with authorities expressing concern that the animal may have been relocated outside the city limits. On Monday,...