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A Mississauga man has been charged in a crash on Highway 401 that left two people dead and three injured in July, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Samiul Kazmi, 56, has been charged with two counts of dangerous operation causing death and one count of dangerous operation causing harm, the OPP said in a news release Monday.
The crash happened in the eastbound express lanes of the highway near Dixie Road shortly before 9 a.m. on July 15.
Police say a vehicle with four occupants was struck from behind, leaving a 53-year-old woman and 80-year-old man from Cambridge, Ont., dead at the scene. The pair were father and daughter.
Two other family members in the vehicle were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries and the other with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver, who was the sole occupant of the other vehicle, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police added.
Police said the driver was taken into custody, held for a bail hearing on Oct. 29 and released. He is due to appear in a Brampton courthouse on Jan. 26, 2027.