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Toronto cop seriously hurt in Mississauga crash: OPP

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A Toronto police officer was hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Hwy. 403 in Mississauga on Thursday afternoon.

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Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the crash involving a police motorcycle and a transport truck happened around 3:15 p.m. in the westbound lanes near Dundas St.

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Peel paramedics said the officer was in serious condition.

“We’re thinking of our officer and wishing him a full and speedy recovery,” Toronto Police said in a statement posted to social-media site X, adding the officer’s injuries were deemed non-life-threatening.

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The cause of the collision was not immediately known.

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The westbound lanes of the highway were closed for the investigation.

CTV News Toronto reported the officer is a member of the Motor Squad and was on duty at the time of the crash.

The officer was part of a training exercise on Lake Shore Blvd. earlier Thursday afternoon, the outlet reported.

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