Fatal crash on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario: 2-vehicle collision leaves 3 people from Laval, Que. dead [Video]

Three people, including an eight-month-old have died after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario Saturday afternoon, according to the Ontario provincial Police (OPP).

Police say they received a call around 1:15 p.m. reporting a crash in Quinte West, Ont. on the westbound lanes of the highway, west of the County Road 40 interchange.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found “a mini-van had collided with the rear of a tractor trailer.”

The victims were the occupants of the mini-van, they are all from Laval, Que. There were four people inside the mini-van, including two adults, an infant and a child. The adults, a 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene. The infant, an eight-month-old, later died at the hospital, police say. A four-year-old was airlifted to a trauma centre in Toronto with serious injuries.

Meanwhile, the driver of the trailer was not injured.

Following the incident, the westbound lanes of …