An infant and the child's grandparents – aged 55 and 60 – were all killed when a vehicle being pursued by police in the wrong direction on Highway 401 in Whitby caused a crash involving at least six vehicles, the Special Investigations Unit says. The driver of the suspect vehicle also died.A wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby last night has left four people dead, including an infant, Ontario’s police watchdog says.
Police were called to the robbery around 7:50 p.m. and their pursuit of the suspect vehicle is now the subject of a probe by the Special Investigations Unit . Images from the scene shared by motorists trapped on the highway following the crash showed a transport truck with the front cab crumpled in, as well as smoke rising from the crash site.