A child has died in a crash on the QEW in Oakville overnight.
Emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle rollover in the westbound lanes of the QEW near Bronte Road early Monday, OPP said in a post on X around 1:30 a.m.
Police later said that, just after midnight, a pickup truck was approaching Burloak Drive when it entered the ditch. The vehicle rolled before coming to rest upright.
Three people were in the truck.
A nine-year-old boy was transported to hospital without vital signs and was later pronounced dead, OPP said. The boy was ejected from the vehicle, police said later.
The 38-year-old driver from Hamilton was transported to hospital and remains there with serious injuries, police said. Another 28-year-old passenger was not injured and remained at the scene, police said.
The potential lack of seatbelt use is being investigated as …