One dead, two injured after crash on Hwy. 401 [Video]

One person is dead and two people have been rushed to hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Whitby early Friday morning.

It happened on the off ramp from eastbound Highway 401 to Brock Street at around 2:55 a.m.

Ontario Provincial Police say that the 23-year-old male driver of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene while two passengers – a 23-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman – were taken to hospital in non-life threatening condition.

It was the second fatal collision in the Whitby area in the last 24 hours.

On Thursday afternoon a 82-year-old man was killed when their motorcycle left the roadway and crashed into a ditch on the on-ramp from westbound Highway 401 to northbound Highway 418.

“The #OPP has responded to 2 fatal collisions in the Whitby area since yesterday and other collisions today throughout the GTA. Please #SlowDown, #DontDrinkAndDrive, #BuckleUp and don’t drive distracted,” police said in a message posted to social media.

The off ramp from eastbound Highway …