It resembled, as several witnesses described it, a war zone.

Seventeen vehicles, some 20 people injured.

And now, The Mississauga News has learned that the woman who caused the devastating smash-up in the heart of Cooksville on Oct. 25, 2013, has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Joycelyn Johnson, 67, who lives in Erindale Woodlands, will return to court April 17 to be sentenced. She was found guilty Feb. 20 in Brampton court. Witnesses said her SUV plowed into 16 vehicles near Dundas and Hurontario streets during the evening rush hour that fateful evening.

Johnson suffered a bruised stomach, neck and back pains as the chain-reaction crash left some 20 people with an assortment of cuts, bruises and fractures, but none with life-threatening injuries.

"I'm sorry, from the bottom of my heart," Johnson said in an interview with The News back in 2013.

She said she was mortified when she saw footage and photographs in the media of the smash-up.

"I know it was bad, pretty bad. I could have died. I could have killed someone, but thankfully I didn't. That was my main concern," she said back in 2013. "I'm very sorry about what happened."

Johnson, a retired accountant, said she was returning home and heading westbound on Dundas Street after picking up groceries and other items. She said she was in the centre lane when a white car cut her off and she hit the brakes.

Johnson said her anti-lock brake system kicked in and she started to skid and hit cars.