OPP officer said 'someone's going to get hurt' before wrong-way Hwy. 401 crash
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As multiple Durham police cruisers were chasing a robbery suspect on the wrong side of Highway 401 Monday night, an Ontario Provincial Police officer shared his concerns, telling a dispatcher, "Someone's going to get hurt."
As multiple Durham police cruisers were chasing a robbery suspect on the wrong side of Highway 401 Monday night, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer shared his concerns, telling a dispatcher, "Someone's going to get hurt."
"We have a wrong way. It's Durham's in pursuit. The wrong way is going westbound on the eastbound lanes," the officer informs the dispatcher. "Multiple Durham units are going the wrong direction there."
A series of radio communications obtained by CTV News Toronto provides a glimpse of the events that unfolded that day, which ended in a six-vehicle collision that left a couple and their infant grandchild dead. An occupant from the suspect vehicle was also killed in the crash, and one other person was seriously injured.
One audio recording captured the moment dispatch advised OPP officers to be on the lookout for a suspect in a robbery that occurred just before 8 p.m. at an LCBO location near Green Road and Highway 2 in Bowmanville.
"Durham (police) advising there was a male inside the LCBO. He tried to rob the store. He pulled a knife on an off-duty officer," the dispatcher says.
"Left in a vehicle, last seen northbound on the 418 from Highway 2." The dispatcher proceeded to describe the suspect vehicle, a U-Haul, before broadcasting that the off-duty officer driving a red Honda Odyssey was following behind.
The dispatcher later says that at least 12 police vehicles with their lights on are pursuing the suspect as he continues to flee.
