A 19-year-old woman from Milton, Ont., is dead and two men are facing multiple charges after an alleged street race ended with a fatal crash in Mississauga.
Peel Regional Police said they responded to a call of a collision just before 11 p.m. on Monday at Eglinton Avenue and Mavis Road.
Police said in a statement Tuesday afternoon seven people left a restaurant in two vehicles, a black Ford Fusion and a blue Mitsubishi Eclipse. Officers said the cars were travelling westbound on Eglinton Avenue “at a high rate of speed” and “came into slight contact” as the vehicles approached Mavis Road.
The Mitsubishi lost control and struck a pole. The Milton woman, who has been identified as Rabab Arshad, was ejected from the vehicle and she died at the scene. A 21-year-old woman was rushed to hospital in serious but non-life-threatening condition. The 20-year-old male driver was also taken to hospital for treatment.
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Police said Hashim Khan, the 22-year-old driver of the Ford Fusion, and Daniyal Khan, the 20-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, were arrested.
Both men have been charged with criminal negligence causing death, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing death by street racing, criminal negligence causing bodily harm by street racing, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing body harm, dangerous driving causing death by street racing and dangerous driving causing bodily harm by street racing.
The two drivers appeared at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton on Tuesday for a bail hearing.
The brother of the deceased told Global News his sister was studying human resources at York University and had just written an exam prior to the crash.
The family member also said their father is a driving instructor and the owner of a driving school.
Police are urging anyone who may have been in the area when the crash occurred, or anyone who might have video footage, to contact investigators at 905-453-2121 ext. 3710. or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
—With files from Caryn Lieberman
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