Police Say Fiery Collision on Major GTA Highway Leaves 2 Dead, Shuts Down Traffic

Police Say Fiery Collision on Major GTA Highway Leaves 2 Dead, Shuts Down Traffic
Vehicles drive on Highway 401 westbound in Kingston, Ont., on Jan. 11, 2019. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press
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Ontario Provincial Police say a multi-vehicle collision has left two people dead and sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401, at Brock Road in Pickering, east of Toronto.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says just before 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, there was a collision involving two transport trucks and a passenger vehicle that resulted in an explosion and fire that consumed all three vehicles.