The Gardiner Expressway has reopened after a fatal crash early Monday morning, Toronto police confirm.

Around 3 a.m., a woman, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene after her vehicle crashed by the side of the Gardiner Expressway — closing all eastbound lanes from Park Lawn Rd. to Jameson Ave. until well into the morning rush hour.

Emergency crews were called to the accident site on the Gardiner’s eastbound lanes, near Sunnyside Ave. TV footage from the scene shows the smashed-up vehicle under a tarp, near a knocked-out section of guardrail beside a Toronto Water building.

The driver was alone in the car, and no other vehicles were involved. The identity of the victim hasn’t been disclosed.

Stibbe said earlier in the morning that rush-hour traffic in the area would be “devastated,” and advised commuters to either take an alternate route several kilometres away north of the accident site, or to hop on public transit.

With files from Evelyn Kwong and the Canadian Press

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