A man is dead and two women are injured, one critically, after two vehicles collided in Markham on Monday night, York Regional Police say.
Police said the collision happened on Highway 7, east of Reesor Road. Officers were called to the area just after 7:45 p.m. One vehicle was heading east while the other was heading west when they collided, police added.
The man, in his 60s and the driver of one vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, a woman in her 60s, is in life-threatening condition. She was airlifted to a Toronto hospital.
The driver of the other vehicle, a woman in her 40s, was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Highway 7, east of Reesor Road, is closed in both directions as police investigate.