3 children who were killed in Toronto in alleged drunken driving crashes

Toronto-a crash in the early morning, a family tore apart, the police said in Toronto when they announced that three children had died in a collision that was allegedly caused by an impaired teenager.

The police revealed details at a press conference hours after the crash, which took place shortly after midnight in the east of Offramp am Renforth Drive and the Highway 401.

Schauspiel Insp. Baheer Sarbanandaner said that a 19-year-old trip with a Dodge Caravan in East on the highway was allegedly accelerating when he left Renforth Drive. The driver supposedly lost control, went through an increased median and collided with a Chrysler Pacifica Minivan, which was stopped in a red light.

Mother, her four children and a male acquaintance of the family were in the minivan.

Sarbanandaner said that two of the child's 15-year-old and 13-year-old crime scene were declared dead.

A 6-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead some time later.

The 40-year-old man behind the steering wheel, a 35-year-old woman and a 10-year-old child are currently in the hospital and are in a stable state. Your names were not published immediately.

The police say that 19-year-old Ethan Lehouillier from Georgetown, Ontario, was arrested at the crime scene and is raised with 12 charges, including three cases of impairment, which leads to death and three cases of impairment of driving, which causes physical damage.

“We inform the public about the dangers of drinking and driving and this is a result: a family is torn apart,” said Sarbanandan.

He added that a person's decision to promote impaired wounds was “a fatal decision”.

The police appealed to witnesses who saw the Dodge Caravan on the 401 to the east to get information. You are also looking for Dashcam film material, said Sarbanandan.

This report by Canadian Press was first published on May 18, 2025.

Alex Nino Gheciu, the Canadian press