A 70-year-old woman is dead and two others are injured after a three-vehicle collision in Vaughan early Monday morning.

York Region police arrived at the scene in the area of Islington Ave. and Sonoma Blvd. shortly after 7 a.m.

The driver of a black Toyota Rav4 was headed north on Islington towards Sonoma, when he allegedly drove into the southbound lane and collided with a silver Honda Civic before hitting a blue Honda Civic, police said.

The drivers of the Toyota Rav4 and the blue Honda Civic were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the silver Honda Civic, a 70-year-old woman, was found unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.



The driver of the Toyota Rav4, Adam Recine, 20, was later arrested and charged with dangerous operation causing death.

Correction — March 11, 2019: This article has been updated to correct that the Jan. 14, 2019, collision happened after the driver of a northbound Toyota Rav4 entered the southbound lanes on Islington Ave. and hit a silver Honda Civic. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the opposite, based on initial reports from York Regional Police.

Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas