OPP charge driver in fatal multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 417 last May [Video]

An Ottawa woman, 25, is facing charges after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 417 in Ottawa’s west end last spring left one child dead and seriously injured others, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

Emergency crews responded to the crash on Highway 417, between Palladium Drive and Park Road, just after 4 p.m. on May 31. Police said the collision involved an eastbound vehicle that crossed the median into the westbound lanes, striking another vehicle head-on. A third vehicle became involved, according to police.

A three-vehicle crash on Highway 417 between Palladium Drive and Carp Road sent five people to hospital, including two young children. May 31, 2024. (Dylan Dyson/CTV News Ottawa)

The investigation into the fatal collision concluded Wednesday.

At the time, a one-year-old girl was airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to CHEO, and a three-year-old girl was treated for minor injuries, police said. The one-year-old later died at the hospital. The two children were in the same vehicle, the …