TORONTO

A young man is dead following an early Sunday crash in Scarborough that police say was caused by a car speeding through a red light at a busy intersection.

The three-car collision occurred just before 1 a.m. at Lawrence Ave. E. and Bellamy Rd. N. A vehicle travelling south on Bellamy allegedly ran the red, entered the intersection, and slammed into another vehicle travelling eastbound on Lawrence, police said. That latter vehicle then slammed into another eastbound vehicle travelling in the lane to its left.

A 26-year-old male passenger in the vehicle travelling south on Bellamy was later pronounced dead at Sunnybrook Hospital, while the 23-year-old driver was transported to hospital with serious injuries that have since been deemed non-life-threatening, traffic services Staff-Sgt. Dave Stirling said.

A female passenger in one of the other two vehicles was also taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been released, he added.

Stirling said police are “exploring” the possibility of alcohol being involved.

He could not immediately say how many people were in each of the two eastbound vehicles impacted by the crash, or if any other people were taken to hospital.

The intersection was closed off as police investigated.