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Pursuit of robbery suspect ends with fatalities on Highway 401: police X post says

CLARINGTON, Ont. — Police say a pursuit that began with a call about a robbery in a community northeast of Toronto has ended with a deadly crash.
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A Durham Regional Police car is shown at a Bowmanville, Ont. shopping centre parking lot on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. Police say a pursuit that began with a call about a robbery in a community northeast of Toronto has ended with a deadly crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

CLARINGTON, Ont. — Police say a pursuit that began with a call about a robbery in a community northeast of Toronto has ended with a deadly crash.

Durham Regional Police say in a social media post late Monday that officers were called to a robbery in Clarington.

They say the suspect fled when police arrived, and officers initiated a pursuit.

The post says the suspect proceeded onto Highway 401, which is south of Clarington, but was driving in the wrong direction.

Police say there was a multi-vehicle collision, and that there were fatalities, but it doesn't say how many.

The post says more information will follow.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2024.

The Canadian Press

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