5 teens charged after stolen car crashes into vehicle on southern Ontario highway

A 16-year-old faces multiple charges and four other teens were also arrested after a stolen vehicle fled from police and crashed into another car on Highway 401 this past Friday night just west of the Greater Toronto Area.

The teens charged are from Hamilton and Mississauga, according to Ontario Provincial Police, who responded to the stolen vehicle call shortly before 9 p.m. at a highway service centre on westbound Highway 401 in Puslinch, west of Milton and south of Guelph.

Moments after officers with the OPP’s Mississauga detachment arrived on the scene, the stolen vehicle fled the service centre and was involved in a collision on the highway with one other vehicle.

Three occupants of that car were taken to hospital with minor injuries, police said in a news release.

Police subsequently made five arrests.

A 16-year-old from Hamilton has been charged with:

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm
• Failure to stop after accident
• Flight from peace officer
• Class G1 licence holder — unaccompanied by qualified driver (three counts)
• Disobey sign
• Fail to signal stop

Four other 16-year-olds from Hamilton, Dundas (Hamilton) and Mississauga have each been charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, police noted.

The accused are scheduled to appear in Guelph court on July 8.

The identities of those charged are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The investigation continues.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call Mississauga OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is also probing the incident. The civilian watchdog agency investigates whenever members of the public are injured or killed during incidents involving police.