Two pedestrians hit, one killed, as cars collide in Mississauga

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One pedestrian was killed and another left fighting for her life when they were hit by a car that mounted the curb after crashing into another vehicle in Mississauga.

The tragedy was one of two separate deadly crashes that occurred minutes apart west of the city Saturday morning.

Peel Regional Police say the two pedestrians were struck at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. and Kariya Dr. – just west of Hurontario St., near Square One Mall – shortly before 10:30 a.m.

Few details were immediately available but police confirmed one pedestrian, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

And a second pedestrian, a woman in her 20s, was rushed to hospital in “critical” condition.

Const. Michelle Stafford told reporters at the scene that the two pedestrians “were standing together” when they were hit, but she was not yet able to say if the man and woman knew each other.

“Our Major Collision Bureau will be investigating the circumstances of the collision,” she said, urging anyone with dashcam footage or information that could help investigators to come forward to police.

The six occupants in the two vehicles that collided suffered minor injuries.

In the aftermath of the fatal crash, one vehicle remained in the intersection with its front end badly damaged and its bumper on the ground nearby.

A second vehicle, a Tesla, ended up on the sidewalk with its passenger side smashed in, suggesting it was T-boned by the first vehicle.

The intersection was shut down while police investigated.

About 20 minutes before the Mississauga crash, Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a collision on Hwy. 401 in Milton that killed a mother and injured her young daughter.

The OPP say a 40-year-old Cambridge woman was driving in the eastbound lanes near James Snow Pkwy. when her vehicle “struck the guide rail.”

A pickup truck that was also travelling eastbound then smashed into the woman’s vehicle, the OPP explained in a statement posted on X.

The woman died at the scene, the OPP said. And her six-year-old, who was also in the vehicle, was taken to hospital with “minor injuries.”

The OPP said the four occupants of the pickup were uninjured.

The eastbound express lanes of the 401 were shut down in the area while the OPP investigated the crash.

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