Person critically injured after scooter and vehicle collide in Mississauga

UPDATE: Peel Regional Police said just after 3:30 p.m. that the person’s injuries are considered not to be life threatening. In addition, police said the intersection has now been reopened to traffic. (Earlier story appears below)

One person has been rushed to hospital in critical condition after a scooter and vehicle collided in Mississauga’s east end early Wednesday afternoon.

Peel Regional Police said the crash occurred at Cawthra Road and The Queensway East, north of the QEW, around the lunch hour. The call came in to police a few minutes after 12:30 p.m.

Police said the person operating the scooter, described only as a male, was transported to a local trauma centre with injuries described as critical. 

No further details, including the specific type of scooter involved in the collision or the male’s age, were provided by police.

Circumstances surrounding the crash have also not yet been revealed.

Police didn’t specify what type of vehicle was involved in the collision with the scooter, nor did they mention any other injuries.

While investigators are on the scene, police urge motorists to avoid the area and choose alternate routes.

Police said road closures as a result of the crash include:

• Northbound traffic on Cawthra Road is being redirected to The Queensway East eastbound lanes.
• Westbound traffic on The Queensway East is being redirected to northbound Cawthra Road.
• Southbound traffic on Cawthra Road is being redirected to The Queensway East westbound lanes.

Other crash in Mississauga kills two on Wednesday morning

In an unrelated crash that occurred just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning on Highway 401 eastbound near Dixie Road in Mississauga, an 80-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling was struck from behind at high speed by an SUV.

Two others in the vehicle that was struck were sent to hospital with injuries as was the driver of the SUV.