The province’s police watchdog says the mother and father of a three-month-old toddler survived the deadly crash that killed their son and his grandparents throughout a wrong-way multi-vehicle crash in Whitby.
The Particular Investigations Unit says 5 folks have been in a Nissan Sentra that was struck by a cargo van being pursued by Durham police going the other way within the eastbound lanes of Freeway 401 on Monday night time.
In accordance with the SIU, a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman who have been each visiting from India have been killed within the crash together with the toddler. The 33-year-old father and 27-year-old mom from Ajax each survived the crash and have been taken to hospital for therapy.
The SIU says the driving force of the cargo van, a 21-year-old man, was pronounced lifeless on the scene whereas his 38-year-old passenger was taken to hospital affected by severe accidents. The pair reportedly fled the scene of a theft at an LCBO in Clarington when an off-duty officer who was on the retailer known as within the theft.
The pursuit ended roughly 20 minutes later between Lake Ridge Street/County Street 23 and Brock Avenue when the van was concerned in a crash that included a minimum of six different automobiles.
Audio of the chase reveals a minimum of one Ontario Provincial Police officer expressing concern that “someone is going to get hurt” after seeing the excessive pace chase going within the incorrect course on the freeway. Questions have now been raised concerning the police pursuit and if it contravened the province’s Group Security and Policing Act.
