UPDATE Deadly crash closes a section of Highway 401
Emergency crews were called around 520 a.m. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 56-year-old man is dead after a car and transport truck collided on Hwy 401 in Etobicoke Monday morning.
Emergency crews were called around 5:20 a.m. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
The westbound lanes of the 401 were closed at Dixon/Martin Grove for the investigation and cleanup.
OPP Sgt Kerry Schmidt says the driver killed had called 911 himself at about 5:15 a.m. to report that his car had stalled in the middle of the highway. Before officers arrived, a vehicle had struck the car from behind. The stalled vehicle was then hit a second time by a transport truck.
Cristinel Murariu of Toronto was killed in the crash.
Schmidt says it is still unclear why the man's vehicle had stalled.