Durham Regional Police have confirmed new details about a deadly wrong-way crash on Highway 401 which claimed the lives of a baby and his grandparents following a police chase in April.
A car that crashed after a wrong-way police chase on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont. is taken away on a tow truck on April 30, 2024.
A police source previously confirmed to CP24 that an off-duty Durham police officer confronted a male suspect, who then brandished a knife. According to police, the off-duty officer also followed the suspect for a time after calling the Durham police communication centre to report the incident. "Officers lost sight of the vehicle, and a brief time later it was again located in Oshawa," Durham police wrote. "The suspect vehicle struck a cruiser and entered eastbound Highway 401, traveling in the opposite direction of traffic. Officers re-engaged and pursued the suspect vehicle onto eastbound Highway 401, traveling westbound. The pursuit ended with the suspect vehicle being involved in a multi-vehicle head-on collision, resulting in 4 fatalities.
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