Transport truck driver charged in fatal head-on crash in Mississauga last year

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· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 3:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

A Toronto antheral has been charged successful a head-on clang successful Mississauga past twelvemonth that claimed the beingness of a garbage motortruck driver.

The accused, a 48-year-old transport motortruck driver, has been charged nether the Highway Traffic Act with careless driving causing decease and nonaccomplishment to surrender a regular log, according to Peel Regional Police. He volition look successful a Brampton courtroom astatine a aboriginal date.

The clang happened connected Derry Road eastbound of Goreway Drive connected Sept. 26 astatine astir 2:25 p.m., police said successful a quality merchandise connected Tuesday.

The drivers of some the transport motortruck and garbage motortruck were taken to infirmary successful captious condition. The garbage motortruck operator was pronounced dormant determination a abbreviated clip later.

Investigators are urging anyone who saw the crash, oregon who whitethorn person dashboard camera footage to telephone Peel police, oregon Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously astatine 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).