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Driver in his 20s dead after crashing into tree in Scarborough

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Police are investigating a car crash in Scarborough on Friday, May 1, 2026. (Jacob Estrin)

A driver in his 20s after he crashed into a tree in Scarborough on Friday night.

Toronto police say they got a call shortly after 7:30 p.m. for a single-vehicle collision in the area of Goldhawk Trail and Hutchcroft Avenue, west of McCowan Road.

The driver was transported to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics told CP24.

Police later said in an update that the man had been pronounced dead.

The circumstances that led to the crash are unknown.