A man has died in hospital after he was crushed by a van his father was driving in Brampton on Saturday.
The incident occurred on Melanie Drive in the Steeles Avenue West and Bramalea Road area around 2 p.m., Peel Regional Police say.
According to police, the victim, who is believed to be in his 50s, and his elderly father were attempting to load a TV into the back of a minivan when the father, who was driving the van, put the car into reverse and hit his son.
“The son had gotten out of the van to direct the father to back up," Const. Thomas Ruttan said at the scene Saturday.
"The pedals were either mistaken or the gas was applied and the van backed up into the son, trapping the son between the vehicle and the building."
The man was found without vital signs and was rushed to hospital, where he died a short time later.
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