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6-year-old girl dies, man airlifted to hospital after crash in Caledon

A six-year-old girl has died after a crash in Caledon, Ont. on Monday. Jeremy Cohn / Global News

Ontario Provincial Police say a six-year-old girl has died and a 36-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital after a crash in Caledon, Ont. on Monday.

OPP said emergency crews were called to Highway 10 between Charleston Sideroad and Olde Base Line Road before 10:20 a.m. with reports of a collision involving a car and a tractor trailer.

Police said both vehicles were travelling northbound when the crash happened.

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The girl died shortly after the collision. The man was flown to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto by Ornge air ambulance crews.

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Investigators are probing the circumstances leading up to the crash.

Officers closed a large section of Highway 10 for the investigation. The northbound lanes near the collision site remained closed as of Monday afternoon.

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