Boy killed, multiple hurt following 2-car crash in Mulmur, Ont.

A six-year-old boy died and several others were hurt following a crash in Mulmur, Ont., on Sunday afternoon.

Ontario Provincial Police said around 1:30 p.m., crews were called to the intersection of County Road 17 and 19 in Mulmur, which is just north of Orangeville.

Investigators said the crash involved a passenger vehicle carrying six people and a pickup truck with a lone driver.

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Multiple people were hurt: a six-year-old boy was taken to hospital where he later died; a two-year-old child and a 30-year-old man were airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.

The pick-up truck driver and the others in the passenger vehicle were all taken to local hospital with unknown injuries, police added.

The cause of the crash is not yet known.

An investigation is underway.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage of the incident is asked to contact Dufferin OPP.