A man has died after a serious two-vehicle crash on Highway 400 in Vaughan, the OPP said Thursday.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said police and paramedics were called to the southbound lanes of the highway near Rutherford Road at around 7:45 p.m. after a vehicle broke down in a live lane of traffic.
He said that, moments later, police received a report that another vehicle crashed into it and caught on fire.
Schmidt said the man in the broken down vehicle was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died. He said the driver of the vehicle that caught fire exited quickly and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Schmidt said officers are asking anyone who may have seen a vehicle pulled over at the side of the road just before the collision to call the OPP at 905-841-5777.
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Police closed Highway 400 southbound at Major Mackenzie Drive for the investigation and it’s expected the road will re-open early Friday morning.
It’s the second major incident to happen on Highway 400 Thursday. Earlier in the day, it was closed in both directions between Highway 88 and Highway 9 for several hours after a crash involving a tractor-trailer spilled a dangerous substance on the road.
With files from The Canadian Press
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