

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





Ontario Provincial Police are reviewing highway camera footage to try and figure out how a piece of debris from a tow truck ended up on the Queen Elizabeth Way, where it caused a fatal four-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Toronto woman.

Police said Monday that the debris is approximately two feet in length.

The metal object was lying in the Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW near Ford Drive in Oakville Sunday, where it caused a series of events that left a woman dead.

According to police and witnesses, two vehicles collided with the debris at around 8 p.m. The drivers of those vehicles subsequently pulled over to the side of the highway to inspect the damage. Two good Samaritans in a third vehicle then stopped to assist

While they were standing beside their cars, a fourth vehicle struck the metal object and lost control, veering into the group on the side of the highway.

Toronto woman Nurten Kaska, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other people, including Kaska’s husband, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police say it’s possible the driver of the tow truck that lost the debris might not have immediately realized that the part had fallen off. However the piece is essential to towing and police say the driver likely realizes by now that it is missing.

Police say the collision was caught on camera and they are looking to speak with the driver of the tow truck.

Anyone with information about the collision is being asked to contact police.

- With files from Tamara Cherry