4 Killed, Including Infant, After Pursuit on Highway 401

Four people, including a baby, have been killed after a major crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., that followed a call about a robbery at a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Clarington. The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the initial call came in around 7:50 p.m. on April 29 from an off-duty police officer. “It was an off-duty officer who was at the LCBO who became aware of the robbery and relayed that to Durham Regional Police Service who then dispatched investigators to the scene,” said SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon. “Officers made their way to the scene and located a vehicle of interest, a cargo van,” Ms. Hudon told reporters on a news conference carried live by CP24. “Officers followed the cargo van through numerous streets in Durham Region, as the vehicle drove erratically. At Stevenson Road [in Oshawa], the cargo van entered Highway 401 traveling in the wrong direction, traveling westbound in eastbound lanes,” she said....