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1 dead, another critically hurt after 2 trucks crash in Mississauga

A woman is dead and a man is critically injured after a garbage truck and a transport truck collided in Mississauga on Thursday, Peel police say.

Peel police say crash happened in area of Goreway Drive and Derry Road West on Thursday afternoon

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Peel Regional Police are investigating after a collision between a tractor trailer and a garbage truck has left one man dead and another critically injured. (CBC)

A woman is dead and a man is critically injured after a garbage truck and a transport truck collided in Mississauga on Thursday, Peel police say.

The collision happened in the area ofGoreway Drive and Derry Road W. Police were called to the scene at about 2:25 p.m.

Both driverswere taken to a trauma centre with critical injuries, police said, and the womanwas later pronounced dead.

The woman was driving the garbage truck, while the man was driving the transport truck,Peel police spokesperson Const. Moulika Sharma told reporters.

All eastboundand westboundlanes on Derry Road are closed from Goreway Drive to west of Hwy 427.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Ontario's Ministry of Labour is on the scene to investigate.