QEW reopens at Cawthra after fatal crash kills 2 and injures 2 others

The Ontario Provincial Police say the QEW in Mississauga has reopened in both directions after a fatal crash claimed the lives of two people and injured two others.

The OPP said the three-vehicle crash happened at around 10:36 p.m. Thursday in the eastbound lanes of the QEW near Cawthra Road.

Peel Paramedics said they arrived to assess four patients at the crash scene.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene, paramedics said.

Another person was also pronounced dead en route to the hospital or at the hospital, paramedics said.

The third person was taken to a trauma centre in critical condition. The fourth person was taken to a local hospital with non-critical injuries, paramedics said.

The OPP shut down the highway in both directions. It was closed for several hours but has since reopened.