4 injured, 2 critically, after incidents involving rocks thrown at vehicles in Ontario: OPP

Four people were injured, two of them critically, after incidents involving rocks being thrown at vehicles in Ontario, police say.

Ontario Provincial Police said that on Friday, Sept. 20 at around 11:40 p.m., emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle crash at Highway 48 and Major Mackenzie Drive in Markham.

The driver and passenger of one of the vehicles involved were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

“Investigators believe that a rock was deliberately thrown at the windshield of the vehicle by a passing vehicle or person, leading to the collision,” OPP said.

And earlier that night, at around 10:30 p.m., police received two separate reports of rocks hitting the windshields of vehicles heading north on Highway 48, just north of Elgin Mills, the OPP said. That’s around two kilometres from the scene of the crash at Major Mackenzie Drive.

The drivers of the two vehicles were reported to have suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital.

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Officers released images and brief videos of vehicles and said that the drivers or occupants might have information that could help in the investigation.

Anyone who was in the area of Highway 48 and Elgin Mills between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sept. 20 and has any information or video that could help was asked to come forward.

#AuroraOPP is seeking the public’s assistance regarding a suspicious incident where a rock is believed to have been thrown at moving vehicles resulting in a collision in the City of Markham.

On September 20, 2024, at approximately 11:40 p.m., the Aurora OPP, York Regional… pic.twitter.com/1JxKqV2CBI

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) September 25, 2024