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Toronto One person is dead after a collision on Highway 401 in Milton early Sunday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say. CBC News · Posted: May 05, 2024 9:49 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 5 One person is dead after a collision on Highway 401 in Milton early Sunday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say. Emergency crews were called for a report of a collision in the eastbound lanes near Guelph Line at around 3:30 a.m. OPP said one person was pronounced dead and another was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition. It is unclear how many vehicles were involved. Investigators said the crash occurred as a result of a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction. No other details have been released as of yet. An investigation into the collision is ongoing, police said. A stretch of the highway was closed Sunday morning but has since reopened. The collision marks the second time a person driving the wrong way on the country's busiest highway resulted in a deadly crash, in less than a week. On Monday, Durham police officers pursued a liquor store robbery suspect driving the wrong way on Highway 401 in Whitby, killing four people in a collision that involved six vehicles.Crash happened as a result of person driving the wrong way, Ontario Provincial Police say