A 10-year-old girl is dead following a two-vehicle collision in Ajax Monday evening.
Durham Regional Police say two vehicles collided near Taunton Road and Church Street at about 6:30 p.m.
Constable George Tudos says the car the little girl was travelling in was hit when a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction veered into oncoming traffic.
The girl was pronounced dead in hospital. Her mother, who was driving the vehicle, was also taken to hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries.
The man who was behind the wheel of the second vehicle is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The area was off limits several hours late Monday evening for the investigation.
Tudos says it is still too early to figure out the cause of the crash, but he doesn't believe alcohol was a factor.