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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 91Ô­´´ Press was first published April 29, 2024.

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