1 dead after wrong-way driver collides with pillar on Hwy. 407

A driver is dead after a vehicle going the wrong way on Highway 407 collided with a concrete pillar on Thursday.

Just after 12 p.m., police were called about an erratic driver going west in the eastbound lanes, between Brock Road and York Durham Line, in Pickering.

The vehicle hit a concrete pillar and burst into flames.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and was still inside the vehicle when it was transported to the Centre of Forensic Sciences.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the body had been burned in the fire and police hadn’t identified the person or determined the gender.

NOTE: Police originally said the vehicle collided with a concrete barrier but later confirmed it was a pillar.

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