A 23-year-old student from China is dead after a crash on Highway 404 overnight, police say.
Ontario Provincial Police said emergency crews were called at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday to the scene on Highway 404 southbound around Steeles Avenue.
Police said two vehicles were travelling “in close proximity at a high rate of speed” around five minutes earlier and both lost control, but did not make contact.
Police said a Mustang crashed into the barrier between the north and south lanes of the highway. The 23-year-old male driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the man was the only occupant of the vehicle.
“Investigators do believe that this vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed when it lost control, struck the concrete wall, rolled several times before coming to rest,” Schmidt said.
“Investigators also believe that this vehicle was travelling in close proximity to another vehicle at the same time, also travelling at a high rate of speed. This second vehicle also lost control as it was coming 404 southbound around Steeles Avenue where Highway 404 has a slight curve in the highway. The driver of that vehicle was able to regain control and continue southbound.”
Schmidt said the driver of the second vehicle did not stop and officers are now looking to speak to them.
“We do believe that that driver would have information that could assist us in this investigation,” Schmidt said.
It’s not known whether street racing or possible road rage was involved in the incident.
Highway 404 southbound was shut down in the area and reopened around 8 a.m.
Schmidt said the man who died was a student in the GTA but was originally from China.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing and anyone with information was asked to contact the Toronto OPP.
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