A man is dead after a suspected street racing crash in Burlington early Saturday morning.
The single-vehicle collision occurred on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Guelph Line at around 12:30 a.m.
OPP say that investigators believe that a black Toyota may have been involved in a street race with one or possibly two Audi cars at the time.
A vehicle involved in a suspected street racing crash on the Queen Elizabeth Way early Saturday morning is shown. (OPP/Kerry Schmidt)
The other vehicles then sped away from the scene, according to police.
A 26-year-old man from Burlington, who was a passenger in the Toyota, was initially rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition but was later pronounced dead.
The 23-year-old driver of the vehicle, meanwhile, was unharmed.
Police say that they are looking into a number of possible contributing factors to the crash, including speed, alcohol and aggressive driving.
They also say that they are working to track down the drivers of the other vehicles that were reportedly involved in the street race.
“We are appealing to the driver of that Audi to come forward and let investigators know what was going on from their perspective,” Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said in a video message posted to Twitter on Saturday morning. “We are also appealing to anyone with information that may have been driving in that area. I am sure these vehicles would have passed plenty of cars between 12 and 12:30 a.m. as they were travelling along the QEW. If you have dashcam or if you have any memory of these vehicles racing or driving in an aggressive manner please call the Burlington OPP.”
Schmidt told CP24 earlier on Saturday that police had not laid any charges in relation to the crash, as they were waiting for updates on the condition of the man taken to hospital.
He said that the man was “fighting for his life.”
“There is a family right now that are devastated by what happened last night,” he said.
Source: CTV News