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A single-vehicle crash that killed four teens, aged 15 to 19, in Puslinch early Saturday was an “unimaginable tragedy,” according to Ontario Provincial Police.
The dead included a 19-year-old man from Mississauga, a 19-year-old man from Brampton, a 17-year-old girl Mississauga and a 15-year-old girl from Milton, OPP Insp. Karen Madeiros said at a press conference Sunday.
“This is a devastating event that has impacted multiple families schools friend groups and communities across southern Ontario,” said Madeiros.
A 17-year-old girl with life-altering injuries and a 16-year-old girl with non-life-threatening injuries remain in hospital, Madeiros said.
Officers were called to a rural area southeast of Guelph shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
In the area of of Watson Road S. and Wellington Road 34, a vehicle had left the road, struck a guardrail and fallen into a ravine, Madeiros said.
OPP officer Wendy Burrow expressed her condolences on behalf of first responders for the lives lost in the crash, calling it an “unimaginable tragedy that claimed the lives of four young people.”
More to come.
