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Just after G.T.A. police forces kicked off a campaign aimed at curbing street racers, the Ontario Provincial Police believe a fatal crash on the Queen Elizabeth Way may be the result of a street race.
Authorities were called to the scene around 5am Saturday morning, where they found a car in a ditch at the Q.E.W. and Trafalgar Road.
"Witnesses report three vehicles travelling at approximately 200 kilometres an hour, driving wildly on the Queen Elizabeth Way, Toronto bound," Sergeant Cam Woolley said. “The two other vehicles that were racing with this one have fled the scene.”
Police said 22-year-old Saleem Scott, of Toronto, died after he was ejected from a speeding car that flipped and rolled repeatedly. There were five men in the vehicle that lost control and crashed.
Three of them received minor injuries and the driver was uninjured.
Operation E.R.A.S.E. (Eliminate Racing on Streets Everywhere) is a cooperative program involving nine police forces. It was launched nearly a week after two young men were killed when the car they were in hit a tree at Adelaide and Parliament Streets. Police said the car was travelling at around 100 kilometres an hour and the crash was the result of a street race.
If you have any information about Saturday's crash contact Burlington O.P.P. at (905) 681-2511.
June 5, 2004
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200km/h my ass, that old Corolla could not do more then 150-160 i bet.
More reasons for cops to enforce the blitz now.