Two people were killed and a mother and her baby daughter were rushed to hospital after two collisions in Peel Region on Saturday night and Sunday morning, officials say.
In separate tweets, Peel Regional Police reported two fatal collisions overnight. One took place in Mississauga at around 10:38 p.m., while the second was reported in Brampton at 12:39 a.m.
In the first instance, police were called to the area of Derry Road and Ninth Line in Mississauga to respond to a crash that included two vehicles.
Police said the “injured parties” were taken to a local hospital where one later succumbed to their injuries.
A 20-year-old man — a passenger in one of the vehicles — was pronounced dead, according to police. They said the driver, a 20-year-old woman, was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition.
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The driver of the other vehicle was a man in his 40s who was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Barely two hours later, emergency services rushed to the scene of another deadly crash.
Police arrived in the area of Creditview Road and Wanless Drive in Brampton after two vehicles collided.
Police said there was a baby girl in one of the two vehicles. She was transported to a local trauma centre accompanied by her father, while her mother was taken to hospital in critical condition.
In an update, police said the mother was now in stable condition.
“(The) father and baby are fine,” police said.
In the other vehicle, a 29-year-old passenger was ejected and pronounced dead on scene, police said. The driver was “taken into custody for impaired related offence.”
In a later update, police said Supinder Singh, a Brampton resident, has been charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired causing death and three counts of operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.