Two in hospital, including 12-year-old boy, after car and dump truck collide

A crash involving a dump truck and a sedan on Highway 5 Thursday morning sent two people to hospital including a 12-year-old boy for serious injuries.

Officers say that a sedan that was travelling eastbound on Highway 5 attempted to turn left at around 10:25 a.m., when it allegedly collided with a westbound going dump truck.

Investigators say the driver of the sedan, a 43-year-old woman, was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Inside the sedan were her four children: a four-year-old girl, a six-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.

“One of the passengers in the sedan had to be extricated from the vehicle, severe damage to the vehicle, it was nearly a head on collision,” said OPP Const. Rob Tihor, “and it was a 12-year-old boy who suffered serious injuries and transported to a local hospital.”

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Police say the driver of the dump truck, a 63-year-old woman, remained at the scene and was uninjured.

Ontario Provincial Police briefly closed Highway 5 between Brock and Middletown roads in Dundas as they investigated.

The OPP say this is a dangerous stretch of road, especially after a second violent crash in just over a week — this one sent a mother and her four children to hospital, one with serious injuries.

“It’s a dangerous highway, people need to pay attention — it’s a two lane highway, 80 kilometres per hour speed limit, so when you have a vehicle travelling in one direction, they’re right there, right between each other,” said Tihor. “There’s no center median. You could have speeds with a total combined velocity of 160 to 200 kilometres an hour, depending on how fast people are going.”

Just last Tuesday on Highway 5, east of Highway 8, a 32-year-old woman was killed in a head-on crash. A two-year-old boy was also taken to hospital in that collision.

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“We need people to pay attention too,” said Tihor. “Distracted driving doesn’t just mean being on your cell phone, or with your phone in your hand, you can be distracted by speaking on the phone, speaking to other people in the car, trying to find an address that you’re going to see when you’re on a stretch of highway that has an 80 kilometres per hour speed limit.”

OPP posted on X at 11:15 a.m. asking drivers to use alternate routes while they investigate.

#Hwy5 closed between Brock Rd. and Middletown Rd. in #Dundas. Emergency crews are responding to a collision involving a dump truck and car. Injuries are being assessed. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes. Updates to follow. ^pia #BurlingtonOPP https://t.co/R0NjXSKbSl

— OPP GTA Traffic (@OPP_GTATraffic) October 15, 2026

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