A man is dead after a crash involving three trucks on the Gardiner Expressway on Tuesday, police say.
The crash prompted a full closure of the westbound Gardiner Expressway in the area through the afternoon.
Toronto police said emergency crews were called to the scene near Spadina Avenue at 2:17 p.m.
Police said three dump trucks were involved, one of which caught fire.
One of the drivers — a man in his 50s — has since died, police said.
Paramedics said he died at the scene.
Westbound traffic was completely blocked around York Street, and video from the scene showed some drivers out of their vehicles and standing on the expressway.
The westbound on-ramp from York Street was closed but it has since reopened. Both the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway were open in both directions police said after 6 p.m.
In a different incident earlier Tuesday, the Queen Elizabeth Way was completely shut down between Cawthra and Dixie roads for several hours after a dump truck crashed into a pedestrian bridge overpass that was under construction.
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