Mississauga rapper among victims killed in fiery crash: OPP

Three people are dead following a single vehicle crash near Toronto Pearson International Airport on Aug. 1.

TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police have released the names of three people who died in a fiery crash in Toronto on Aug. 1

The OPP says a vehicle had veered of Highway 427 near Highway 401 and burst into flames after it struck a guard rail.

The victims, all from the Toronto area, are identified as 26-year-old Shane Denford Redway, 24-year-old Alyssa Burke Richardson and 27-year-old Chantelle Nunes.

The CHAMP Management agency had said at the time of the crash that Redway was an aspiring rapper.

Police said two victims died at the scene while one of the females pulled from the wreckage by witnesses later died in hospital.

The OPP did not say what caused the vehicle to veer into the guard rail and continues to seek witnesses to the crash.