1 dead, another critically hurt after 2 trucks crash in Mississauga

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A man is dead and a second man is critically injured after a tractor trailer and garbage truck collided in Mississauga on Thursday, Peel police say.

Peel police say crash happened in area of Goreway Drive and Derry Road West on Thursday afternoon

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Peel Regional Police are investigating after a collision between a tractor trailer and a garbage truck has left one man dead and another critically injured. (CBC)

A man is dead and another has been critically injured after a tractor trailer and garbage truck collided in Mississauga on Thursday, Peel police say.

The collision happened in the area of Goreway Drive and Derry Road W. Police were called to the scene at about 2:25 p.m.

Both men were taken to a trauma centre with critical injuries, police said, adding that one man was later pronounced dead.

All eastbound and westbound lanes on Derry Road are closed from Goreway Drive to west of Hwy 427.

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