3 dead, 4 injured after passenger van, car collide south of Caledonia, Ont.
3 dead, 4 injured after passenger van, car collide south of Caledonia, Ont., Three people are dead and four others are in hospital following a crash on Wednesday night on a rural road near Caledonia, Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police said a passenger van carrying seven people and a car collided shortly after 9 p.m. on Highway 6.
The lone person in the car, a 21-year-old man, died in the crash along with two girls from the van aged 12 and 14.
A 27-year-old man driving the van and four other young people from that vehicle were taken to hospitals in Hagersville and Hamilton with serious injuries.
Police said no names would be released until relatives were notified and said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the collision.
All of the victims are from First Nations communities in the region. The van was owned by Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. A statement from the First Nation said Lloyd S. King Elementary School is closed Thursday.
The community centre is open with victim assistance, the statement said.
Highway 6, which was closed between 4th Line and 5th Line, has been reopened since the crash, the OPP said in a tweet.
OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk said the accident happened between 4th Line and 5th Line south of Caledonia.
He said one vehicle was travelling southbound on Highway 6, and the other was travelling northbound, when they collided.
One of the vehicles rolled over after the crash.
According to Ornge Air Ambulance, as many as six people under the age of 18 were involved in the crash.
The ambulance service said it received a call at 9:40 p.m. Paramedics were waiting at a hospital in nearby Hagersville, Ont., to transport a patient to a trauma centre.
Motorists were advised to avoid the area Wednesday night.
