There are still plenty of unanswered questions surrounding a crash on Highway 401 Monday evening that resulted in the deaths of four people and involved a wrong-way police pursuit.
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Global News crime analyst Hank Idsinga said that when officers decide whether or not to launch a pursuit, the number one factor must be public safety.Hudon said the incident began at around 7:50 p.m. Monday when Durham regional police officers were notified by an off-duty officer of a robbery at an LCBO in Clarington.Hudon said officers found a vehicle of interest — a U-Haul cargo van — and followed the van through numerous streets in Durham Region “as the vehicle drove erratically.
Hudon said shortly after, at around 8:10 p.m., there was a multi-vehicle collision involving at least six vehicles on Highway 401, just east of Highway 412, in Whitby.One person in the U-Haul van died and three others in another vehicle — a 60-year-old, a 55-year-old and an infant — also died at the scene. The adults were the grandparents of the infant.Idsinga said “a lot has to be really dissected by the SIU for this case.”“I’ve heard conflicting reports.
A brief email from a Durham police spokesperson Monday night, however, indicated that a pursuit was in progress when the suspect vehicle got onto the 401. Daniel Brown, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer, said police in Ontario are required by law to weigh the risks to the public before engaging in a high-speed chase.Brown said police also need to consider alternatives available before starting a high-speed pursuit of a vehicle and need to consider the suspect and the kind of alleged crime involved.
A motorist, Allen Lee, told Global News he was on Highway 401 on Monday night just about to exit the highway at Thickson Road in Whitby when he spotted the white cargo van headed towards him.
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