Community Honors 4 Walkerton, Ontario, young people and teachers who were killed with several vehicles during the crash

The residents of Walkerton, Ontario, switched on their veranda lights and left running shoes outside to show their grief after four teenagers and their teacher were killed in a multi-vehicle accident outside of Londons last week.

A vigil at candlelight was also in the Walkerton District Community School, the K-12 school, in which the teenagers studied girls aged 16 and 17 and where the 33-year-old Matt Eckert worked as a teacher and trainer.

The fatal collision shaked the small community of Bruce County and triggered the support of the friends and family of the four girls and Eckert.

“It is an incredibly deep, deep scar that our community has added. It will take a long time to heal,” said Chris Peabody, the mayor of Brockton, the community, which also includes walking tone.

“As a community, we have already dealt with a tragedy, and the residents of Kleinstadt in Ontario always rise in attack on adversity and association, and I know that this will happen here.”

Opp continue to examine

The five victims had returned from a softball tournament in Dorchester around 4:30 p.m. on Friday when their SUV collided with a transport car in the streets of Thorndale and Cobble Hills.

According to the Ontario provincial police, your SUV was then met by a second SUV. The investigators have not published any details about what happened at the motorway junction that crosses a two-way stop for vehicles via the Thorndale Road, but say that they continue to research.

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According to officials from the Bluewater District school authority, five people – four students and one employee – are dead after a crash, while on Friday they returned from a sporting event northeast of London, Ontario. According to the police, all five victims were in an SUV that collided with a transport car, which then collided with a second SUV.

The police said two 17-year-old victims died at the scene, while Eckert and the other 16-year-old girl were taken to the hospital, but later died of their injuries, the police said. The driver of the transport and two people in the other SUV suffered minor injuries.

“Fearing heart”

The identity of the teenagers was not published, as Eckert, who came from Owen Sound, was reminiscent not only as a teacher in Walkerton, but also as a junior B -Co coach of the Northstar Lacosse Club in Owen Sound.

“Our organization is broken with a broken heart and crushed to lose an important member of our family. Matt is connected to our players at an indescribable level,” says a social media post from NorthStars General Manager Ethan Woods.

“His contagious smile and his caring heart are things that will never be forgotten. We love you so much.”

In a statement, the chairman of the Bluewater District School Board Jane Thomson and the education director Lori Wilder wrote that the loss for the entire community was devastating and offering support for students and employees.

“We recognize that many people in other communities all over the bluewater also have close connections to the people in this tragedy and their families. It is important to see how this tragedy affects them. We are all here to support each other,” says the explanation.

This story is updated.