Editor’s note: One of the injured victims has since succumbed to his injuries. An updated story can be found here.
TOBERMORY, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say three people are dead and four are seriously injured following a head-on collision in Bruce County on Saturday night.
Officers say a Dodge Charger driving erratically collided with an SUV in the community of Miller Lake, south of Tobermory, at about 8 p.m. Saturday.
Both drivers were killed, as was the passenger in the SUV.
The Charger’s four passengers were all hospitalized.
One of them was airlifted to a hospital in London, where he remains in critical condition.
The names of the occupants of the Charger were released Monday afternoon.
The deceased driver has been identified as Jim Thomas Johny, 31, of Mississauga. The passengers are listed as Shovani Pathak, 42; Sheena Varma, 31; and Ravinder Kalsi, 39, all of Brampton as well as Arun Sadana, 24, of Mississauga.
Kalsi remains in critical condition in hospital.
The identities of the two people killed in the SUV were released Thursday afternoon.
The deceased driver has been identified by OPP as Traves Stephen Atchison, 22, of Bosanquet Township, Lambton Shores. The passenger killed in the crash was Jana Watson, 23, of Strathroy.
Police are continuing to investigate.
With files from Jacquelyn LeBel, AM980 London.
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