Two people were killed in a devastating crash north of Hamilton on Thursday morning as Waterloo Regional Police pursued a car.

A male driver and a female passenger died in the head-on collision with a transport truck on Hwy. 6 between Concession 10 and Freelton Rd., OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said.

Waterloo Insp. Michael Haffner says police got a call early Thursday from a concerned citizen reporting the possible assault of a woman from Cambridge.

Haffner says officers located a suspect car and attempted to stop the vehicle.

“The driver of the vehicle failed to stop for the officer, and a pursuit was initiated,” Haffner said.

Just before 10 a.m., the vehicle collided with a transport truck, killing both the man and woman in the vehicle.

Neither the driver of the transport truck nor any members of the police were injured.

Debris from the crash was scattered across the roadway. The car was completely destroyed.

The stretch of highway was closed for the investigation, led by the province’s Special Investigations Unit.

Six investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the SIU at 1-800-787-8529.

The SIU probes incidents involving police where there has been a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

.@SIUOntario has invoked their mandate after double fatal collision after pursuit on Highway 6/Campbellville Rd involving @WRPSToday#HamOntpic.twitter.com/yacv33iSgM — Andrew Collins (@ACollinsPhoto) October 5, 2017