Peel Regional Police have a tractor trailer driver in custody after a multi-vehicle collision in Brampton killed one woman and injured 15 others.
Police said 10 cars and a tractor trailer were involved in the collision shortly after midnight on Saturday morning near the intersection of Queen Street and The Gore Road.
Const. Peel Regional Police spokeswoman Sarah Patten said the tractor trailer was driving west on Queen Street when it collided with the cars, which were stopped at a red light.
“A lot of the vehicles were wrecked and a lot of people were trapped inside,” Patten said.
Paramedics said a woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while 13 people were taken to local hospitals and two men were taken to trauma centers in Toronto. The woman was a passenger.
The driver is expected to face numerous charges including dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm, Patten said. He said the driver was at the police station and he did not believe he needed to be taken to hospital as a result of the accident.
The investigation is ongoing and police are asking people to avoid the area.
“This is a very sad circumstance,” Patten said. “We are very grateful that so many people walked away with non-life threatening injuries.”
Peel Police are asking people to avoid the area of Queen Street and The Gore Road following the crash. (Spencer Gallichan-Lowe/CBC)