On Saturday March 12, 2022, at approximately 3:45 a.m. officers from the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 401 west bound, between Aikens Road and St. Hilaire Road. A tractor trailer and a passenger van were involved in a collision resulting in five fatalities, and two passengers were transported to hospital with serious injuries. The driver (and lone occupant) of the tractor trailer was not injured.
Harpreet SINGH, 24 years old, Jaspinder SINGH, 21 years old, Karanpal SINGH, 22 years old, Mohit CHOUHAN, 23 years old, and Pawan KUMAR, 23 years old, who were all studying in Montreal and the Greater Toronto Area from India were pronounced dead at the scene.
Numerous sources have stated to Today’s Northumberland the passenger van involved in the collision may have been stopped on, or near a live lane of traffic when it was struck from behind by a transport.
Highway 401 was closed for approximately 10 hours between Wallbridge Loyalist Road and Glen Miller Road while OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCIs) and OPP Collision Reconstructionists investigated the scene of the collision. The Quinte West OPP Crime Unit is also assisting with the investigation which is continuing at this time.
No charges have been laid.
Breaking News – Quinte West OPP – Five People Killed in Collision on Highway 401 Near Trenton
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