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Two people are dead after a transport truck carrying a "highly flammable" liquid lost control and exploded on Highway 401 in Pickering late Tuesday night.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said it is believed that a tanker truck carrying a full load of “highly flammable” liquid was travelling in the eastbound lanes of the highway when, for some unknown reason, the driver lost control and ended up in the westbound lanes.

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