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1 dead after late-night crash on Hwy. 403 in Ancaster

One person died on scene after a head-on crash in Ancasater Nov 25, 2019. Andrew Collins

One man is dead and two other people were sent to hospital after a head-on crash in Ancaster late Monday night, according to Hamilton paramedics.

Paramedics say they were called out around 11:30 p.m. for a two-car crash on Highway 403 eastbound at Highway 52.

A man in his 50s died at the scene, while a 27-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious injuries.

A 26-year-old woman was also sent to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, paramedics say.

 

OPP and Hamilton firefighters on scene after a head-on crash on Highway 403. Andrew Collins

 

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Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the crash and believe the sedan carrying the man and the woman crossed through a ditch on the 403 and struck the eastbound car driven by the 50-year-old man from Mississauga who died.

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Police reopened the highway just before 5 a.m.

 

This is the second fatal crash in Ancaster in less than a week.

Last Wednesday, a 20-year-old woman succumbed to injuries after a crash on Fiddler’s Green Road between Book Road and Butter Road West around 9:30 p.m.

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Investigators say the woman was in a Honda Civic travelling southbound when it crossed the centre line and hit a GMC Sierra pickup truck travelling northbound on Fiddler’s Green Road.

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