An 85-year-old woman died after a two-vehicle collision in Ajax on Tuesday afternoon.
It happened on Westney Road, just north of Kingston Road, shortly after 12 p.m.
According to police, the female victim was initially trapped inside a small four-door sedan. She was without vital signs and died shortly after.
Few other details were provided by police about the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Photos from the scene show two badly damaged vehicles surrounded by police tape. The driver's side of the silver sedan appears crumpled and its windshield shattered. The other vehicle, a pick-up truck, has damage to its front end.
“It’s still early in the stages of their investigation. Investigators are still trying to piece together what direction each vehicle was travelling,” Const. George Tudos told CP24 by phone.
“This is a very busy intersection, a very busy artery here in Ajax. So we’re trying to work as fast as we can but we want to make sure it is a thorough investigation.”
Tudos said the victim has been identified, however investigators are not yet prepared to release her name.
Officers have already spoken to several witnesses, he said, and will be canvassing nearby residences in hopes home security cameras may have captured the crash or the events leading up to it.
Westney Road was closed from Kingston Road to Ravenscroft Road to accommodate the investigation.
