Tag: Fatal crashes
Amid uptick in fatal impaired-driving crashes, OPP pledge more enforcement
Facing a surge of impaired driving cases, Ontario Provincial Police are stepping up the effort to combat the potentially deadly crime.
SUV passed inspection hours before fatal Girl Guides collision, trial hears
The vehicle at the centre of a 2021 crash that killed a young London girl and injured other members of her Girl Guides troop passed a routine inspection at a dealership just hours before the collision, a jury heard Friday.
Driver, 33, dies following rural crash that injured toddler: Police
The 33-year-old driver involved in a crash that also injured a toddler has died from injuries suffered after the vehicle carrying both of them lost control and collided with an oncoming vehicle along a rural road east of Aylmer, police say.
SUV hit 121 km/h, no braking in moments before fatal Brownies crash, trial told
The driver charged in a crash that killed an eight-year-old girl and injured several others reached 121 kilometres/hour and did not press the brake in the seconds before the collision, her trial was told Thursday.
Family mourns couple killed in crash: ‘Love, patience, wisdom’
A couple who died in a two-vehicle collision that also killed another person are being remembered as dedicated parents whose “greatest joy in life was their children.”