Minutes before Monday’s fatal head-on collision on Highway 401, Durham Regional Police officers were called off the pursuit by a supervisor, but continued to give chase, driving the wrong way down the roadway, according to an internal police document seen by the Star.
As the van careened down one of Canada’s busiest highways, cars desperately swerving out of the way to avoid disaster, officers driving marked police cruisers continued their pursuit, lights and sirens flashing, in an attempt to stop the suspect, before the chase ended in tragedy.
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