A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle in Mississauga on Saturday, Peel police said.

Seven other people were also injured in the devastating crash at the major intersection near the Square One shopping centre.

The incident happened around 10:20 a.m. near Burnhamthorpe Road W. and Kariya Drive, police said.

Two vehicles were involved in an initial collision, Const. Michelle Stafford told reporters on Saturday. One of the vehicles then "slid into" two pedestrians who were standing at the south east corner of the intersection, she said.

A male pedestrian in his 40s was pronounced dead on scene, Peel paramedics said. Another pedestrian in her 20s was taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.

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Stafford said she doesn't know whether the pedestrians kne

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