Man dead, 5 injured after vehicles crash on Highway 403 in Mississauga

A man is dead and five other peopleinjured after several vehicles crashed on Highway 403 in Mississaugaearly Sunday, police and paramedics say.

Police have identified the dead man asKumarasamy Gunaratnam, 63.

The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Highway 403 west of Winston Churchill Boulevard. It closed a stretch of Highway 403 westbound for hours as officers investigated.

"Factors surrounding the collision are still under investigation," Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, spokesperson for the OPP's highway safety division, said in a tweet on Sunday.

Emergency crews were called to the scene at about 6:15 a.m.

Injuries deemed serious

Peel paramedics saidGunaratnam waspronounced dead at the scene and they took five people to a local hospital with serious but not-life-threatening injuries.

A sixth person was treated at the scene for minor injuries but refused to be transported.

Steve Walker, superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services, said on Sunday thatatotal of six ambulances attended.

Debris was strewn on the highway after the fatal crash. Two carson the side of the highway appearedcrumpled after the crash.

Westbound lanes of Highway 403, which were closedbetween Erin Mills Parkway and Highway 407, have fully reopened.