Woman dead, several others injured in Gardiner Expressway crash – Toronto

Toronto police say a woman is dead and others have been injured, including a child, after a two-vehicle crash that shut down a portion of the Gardiner Expressway on Thursday morning.

Police said the crash happened at around 2 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of the expressway near Jameson Avenue.

At around 7 a.m., the eastbound lanes of the Gardiner Expressway reopened.

Police said a woman in her 50s died from the collision. Another woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with serious injuries as well as a child with minor injuries.

Paramedics told Global News they took a total of five people — four adults and one child — to hospital with varying injuries from critical to minor.

A driver of one of the vehicles fled the scene on foot. Police said in a later update that the suspect was arrested.