Police have confirmed a young boy was the victim of a fatal train collision on Wednesday – the second child killed by a train in Mississauga in the last four years.

The child was struck and killed by a GO train on the Lakeshore West line between Long Branch GO station in Toronto and Port Credit GO station in Mississauga, a transit spokesperson told INsauga.com.

Peel Regional Police have confirmed the child was believed to be 12 or 13 years old.

“This is an absolutely horrible situation for the family involved,” PRP spokesperson Const. Tyler Bell-Morena told reporters on Wednesday.

He said evidence suggests the boy was with another child when he went around the barrier and was struck by the train close to Alexandra Avenue and Fourth Street.

Police said a “large police presence” remains in the area of Alexandra Avenue and Fourth Street in Mississauga’s south end.

Police responded to the call at around 2:45 p.m., Peel police said.

Fourth Street is closed from Ogden Avenue to Alexandra Avenue while Alexandra Avenue is shut down from Fourth Street to Lakeshore Road East, according to police on the scene.

Motorists are told to avoid the area and use alternate routes. For those in the vicinity of the accident, they can expect delays, police added.

The collision has also caused delays, with shuttle buses running between Port Credit and Long Branch stations.

Another child was struck and killed by a GO Train heading west from the Dixie Station on July 26, 2022, in the Dundas St. and Cawthra Rd. area of Mississauga.

Four-year-old Mitchell Nwabuoku was playing and chasing a butterfly on the grounds of the apartment where her cousins lived in Mississauga. A footpath led to the tracks where people crossed as a shortcut to Dundas Street. Fencing has since been erected.


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