A 55-year-old woman died at the scene and seven others were taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Caledon on Friday afternoon.
Peel Paramedics and Ontario Provincial Police told Global News emergency crews were called to the intersection of Chinguacousy and Old School roads, west of Hurontario Street and Highway 410, at around 4 p.m.
Police said a pickup truck was travelling westbound on Old School Road when it failed to stop at a stop sign at Chinguacousy Road and collided with a Honda Accord sedan.
A 55-year-old woman in the rear centre of the sedan was pronounced dead on scene. A 27-year-old and 19-year-old, who were also in the back of the vehicle, were transported to hospital, where the 19-year-old remains in critical condition. The driver, a 26-year-old man, and the front-seat passenger, a 56-year-old man, were transported to hospital with minor injuries.
The three occupants of the pickup truck, a 34-year-old man and his daughters, aged five and six, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The area was closed for several hours while officers investigated the crash.
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