Driver charged after wild DVP crash involving guardrail stunt
Posted October 7, 2025 6:02 am.
Last Updated October 7, 2025 6:39 am.
A man is facing impaired and dangerous driving charges after a dramatic overnight crash on the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) that police say began as a street race and ended with another driver injured.
Toronto police say they received a call around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday for a collision in the northbound lanes of the DVP near Lawrence Avenue East.
Investigators allege two vehicles were travelling at a high rate of speed when they made contact, sending one of the cars — a Volkswagen — into a van. Police say the Volkswagen then mounted the guardrail, with two wheels on the road and two wheels on the barrier, before continuing for several hundred metres and colliding with the van.
The driver of the van, a man in his 40s, suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the Volkswagen, a man in his 30s, was arrested at the scene. Police tell 680 NewsRadio that he failed a breathalyzer test and is now facing charges of impaired driving and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
The second vehicle involved — described as a white sedan, possibly a Kia — fled the scene and has not been located.
Police continue to investigate and are asking anyone with dashcam footage or information about the white sedan to come forward.
