Ontario boy dead, toddler rushed to hospital after crash north of Toronto
Written by The Canadian Press on April 19, 2026
MULMUR — Provincial police say a boy is dead and a toddler is fighting for their life in hospital after a crash in southern Ontario.
Officers were called to the intersection of County Road 17 and County Road 19 in the Township of Mulmur, northwest of Toronto, earlier Sunday.
They say in a news release that a vehicle carrying six people got into a crash with a pickup truck.
A six-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, while a 30-year-old man and a two-year-old child were airlifted to a Toronto area trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
Police say the lone driver of the pickup and the other passengers from the vehicle were all taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
They say the intersection is closed while the investigation continues.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 19, 2026.
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