{"id":813046,"date":"2026-07-19T23:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/813046\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:15:22","slug":"20-year-old-woman-dies-after-mississauga-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/813046\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year-old woman dies after Mississauga crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 20-year-old woman is dead after she was struck and \u201crun over\u201d by a vehicle while crossing a Mississauga road late Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers were called to the area of Queensway and Hurontario Street at around 11 p.m. for reports of a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The woman was taken to a Toronto trauma centre with life-threatening injuries, where she later died.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784502921_739_JYA7F5IP7NBJJCHPV4YHMJD3E4.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"440\"\/>Sgt. Taylor Halfyard Sgt. Taylor Halfyard speaking to reporters on Sunday July 19, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters Sunday morning, Sgt. Taylor Halfyard said the woman was crossing Queensway in a northbound direction mid-block when she reached the centre median. As she stepped into the westbound lanes, she fell onto the roadway and was struck by a passing sedan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019ve learned is that the victim fell onto the road, and that the driver ran her over with his vehicle,\u201d Halfyard said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators say the vehicle left the scene immediately after the collision but returned about eight minutes later.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784502922_55_KDOIKLPXMZGWVLNONH52P6QDVU.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>TPS Police investigating after woman struck by a vehicle in Mississauga on Sunday July 19, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The driver was initially arrested and charged with failing to remain at the scene causing bodily harm. After the woman died, that allegation was upgraded to failing to remain causing death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, Halfyard said the driver has since been released unconditionally while investigators continue to examine the circumstances surrounding the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police are trying to determine whether there was any criminal intent behind the driver\u2019s initial departure from the scene or whether the driver was unaware they had struck the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Halfyard explained the woman was \u201cessentially jaywalking\u201d and not at a designated crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The investigation remains ongoing, but police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 20-year-old woman is dead after she was struck and \u201crun over\u201d by a vehicle while crossing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[712,49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-813046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813046","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=813046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}