2 dead, 3 others injured following crash in Mississauga
Posted July 15, 2026 9:58 am.
Last Updated July 15, 2026 5:17 pm.
Two people are dead and three others are injured following a crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga on Wednesday morning, police say.
In a post from Ontario Provincial Police on X, one vehicle rear-ended another in the eastbound express lanes near Dixie Road just before 9 a.m., as traffic was slowing down in the area.
Police say an 80-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, both from Cambridge, who were passengers in the vehicle that was struck from behind, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Three other people were taken to hospital with injuries, with at least one airlifted to a trauma centre in critical condition.
The eastbound express lanes of the 401 were closed from east of Mississauga Road to east of Dixie Road while the eastbound express lanes of Hwy. 403 were also closed beyond Eglinton Avenue to the 401 for most of the day as part of the investigation.
The highway has since reopened.
