

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





A 27-year-old man has been pronounced dead after two trucks collided on Highway 403 in Mississauga.

The collision happened in the eastbound lanes of Highway 403, near Mavis Road, at around 2:20 p.m.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a vehicle hauling a septic tank slammed into a disabled transport truck that was being attended to by a maintenance crew on the right shoulder of the highway.

One person was taken to hospital with critical injuries, while a second person was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

A short time later, Schmidt said one of the victims -- a man from Milton, Ont. -- was pronounced dead in hospital. He has not been identified.

The Ministry of Transportation said some sort of fluid spilled on the road as a result of the crash.

The eastbound lanes of Highway 403 were closed at Mavis Road but it has since reopened.