“Racing” Mercedes catches fire after crash on Toronto’s Gardiner highway: police

Toronto police say vehicles were racing before one vehicle, a Mercedes, lost control, causing a fiery multi-vehicle collision on the Gardiner Expressway on Thursday night.

In a Friday update, police told Global News multiple witnesses called 911 reporting that up to four vehicles were "racing" on the expressway. One of the vehicles, a Mercedes, lost control and struck an unrelated vehicle from behind causing two other vehicles to be struck, according to police.

The Mercedes caught on fire, investigators said. Images and videos from the scene show a car engulfed in flames with thick heavy smoke.

No arrests have yet been made and no suspect description has been released. However, police said people fled on foot.

Global’s Kayla Mclean has the details.

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