Multiple people injured after serious crash near Downsview

ABOVE: Soldiers rush to help victims of car accident near Downsview

TORONTO – Paramedics are treating several people after a serious crash near Downsview Park.

The crash happened just before noon Wednesday on Sheppard Avenue near Kodiak Crescent when a Cadillac Escalade collided with a BMW sedan.

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According to Kim McKinnon from Toronto EMS, a total of seven people were injured during the collision. Four of the injured were treated by paramedics at the scene while three others went to two separate Toronto-area hospitals with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

The crash however happened near a military compound and several soldiers were among the first on scene.

Police have closed Sheppard Avenue west from Chesswood Drive to Kodiak Crescent for the length of their investigation.

More to come.