Woman, 42, dead after collision between van and tractor trailer in Brampton
A 42-year-old woman is dead and three others are injured after a collision in Brampton late Monday night.
Police were called to the area of Bovaird Drive and Brisdale Drive shortly after 9:30 p.m. for reports of a collision. Police later tweeted the collision involved a van and a tractor trailer.
The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Three teens — an 18-year-old female who was driving the van, a 16-year-old male passenger and a 14-year-old male passenger — all suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital, police tweeted early Tuesday.
Bryan Costa was getting gas nearby when he heard the crash.
"It was kind of like a huge bang and a crunch," he told CBC Toronto. "I looked over and I saw the truck sliding through the intersection and the van rolling backward."
Costa ran over to the van, and the driver was yelling for someone to check on her mother.
He and other bystanders helped pull the woman out of the van, but she "wasn't in good shape," he said, adding she was breathing but unresponsive.
"I don't really know what to say right now," Costa said. "I was hoping this was going to have a happy ending."
Roads were closed in the area for much of the night, but have since reopened.
