{"id":777291,"date":"2026-07-03T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777291\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:49:20","slug":"driver-gravely-injured-after-suv-sideswiped-by-large-truck-near-toronto-pearson-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777291\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver gravely injured after SUV sideswiped by large truck near Toronto Pearson Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are seeking witnesses to an early morning crash on Canada Day in which a tractor-trailer sideswiped an SUV on a major highway near Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police said the collision on westbound Highway 401 at the exit ramp to Highway 427 occurred at around 4:30 a.m. and sent the driver of the SUV to hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A passenger in the vehicle was also taken to hospital, police said, adding the white SUV was sent \u201cout of control\u201d after being struck by the large truck.<\/p>\n<p>OPP are seeking witnesses to the early morning July 1 collision as their investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with relevant information or dash cam footage is urged to call OPP at 416-235-4981.<\/p>\n<p>The crash shut down the exit ramp for most of the day on Wednesday. The busy ramp reopened to traffic just before 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 41,383 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,410,862 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    4063 VOTES<br \/>\n    Have you ever dined at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Ontario?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are seeking witnesses to an early morning crash on Canada Day in which a tractor-trailer sideswiped an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-777291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}