A multi-vehicle crash on Highway 400 near Sheppard Avenue has claimed the lives of three adults and two children. (John Hanley)
5 dead, including 2 children, in multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 400, Sheppard Avenue
3 transport trucks, 4 or 5 cars involved in crash, OPP says
By Errol Nazareth, CBC News Posted: Jun 24, 2016
Five people, including two children, are dead following a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on Highway 400 south of Sheppard Avenue, Toronto paramedics say.
Jamie Rodgers, a deputy commander with Toronto Paramedics Service, could not provide the ages of the victims but said they were travelling in more than one vehicle.
He said two people, a woman and child, were transported to hospital with minor injuries.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told CBC News that three transport trucks and four or five cars were involved in the crash.
"It's a mess," he said.
Schmidt said it's not clear how the collisions happened.
Captain Adrian Ratushniak of Toronto Fire Services told CBC that seven fire trucks were at the scene and that EMS had been advised to send multiple ambulances.
Five people, including two children, have died in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 400 near Sheppard Avenue. (John Hanley)