9-year-old dead after QEW pickup truck rollover in Oakville

Incident details

A child is dead after a pickup truck rolled over on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in Oakville.

• Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of a single-vehicle rollover in the westbound lanes of the QEW at the Bronte Road exit just after midnight on Jan. 13.
• OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told CBC News that a nine-year-old boy from Hamilton was ejected from the pickup truck and rushed to hospital without vital signs. Unfortunately, the child was later pronounced dead.
• The driver of the vehicle, a 38-year-old man from Hamilton, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
• No injuries were reported for the driver’s brother, a 28-year-old man who was also in the pickup truck at the time of the rollover.

Investigation updates

The cause of the single-vehicle rollover remains under investigation. Schmidt said fatigue, road conditions, and a lack of seat belts are being examined as potential factors.

“We do believe that the [28-year-old man] was wearing a seat belt and he’s the one without any injuries at all.”

Anyone with information on the incident, including cellphone or dashcam footage, is asked to contact the OPP.

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Legal resources

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