Woman dead, man critically injured in Highway 401 crash

A woman has died and a man is in critical condition after an SUV plowed into the back of a transport truck on Highway 401 in Mississauga.

Ontario Provincial Police say the collision took place just before 4 a.m. in the eastbound express lanes east of Dixie Rd. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says a minor two-car collision was being cleaned up when the transport truck stopped waiting for the cleanup to be completed and the SUV rammed into it.

The woman, who was a passenger in the SUV, died at the scene.

The driver of the SUV is in critical condition in hospital. The transport driver wasn’t injured.

No information on the victims was released.

The crash closed the eastbound express lanes, causing traffic backups in the collector lanes.

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