KYLE, Texas – Authorities say four people who died in a collision in Texas early Friday morning appear to be from Kitchener, Ont.
Police say the collision was triggered by a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Interstate 35, in the community of Kyle, south of Austin.
Justice of the Peace Beth Smith says two men, a woman and a baby in a minivan died at the scene shortly after 1 a.m. She says two young girls in the minivan were hospitalized with injuries not considered life-threatening, but have since been released into the care of their family, who flew in.
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Smith identified the dead as Margaretha Wall Hildebrandt, 27, Heinrich Martens, 31, Gerhard Hiebert Peters, 30, and 16-month-old Jacob Wall Hiebert.
She says firefighters extracted the surviving children from the seats of the car, which had been crushed in the wreck.
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Smith says all of the children were properly strapped in car seats.
A spokeswoman from the City of Kyle says at least some of the Canadians appear to be from Kitchener.
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She says the wrong-way driver, who was in a Honda Civic, may have consumed alcohol, but they’re waiting on toxicology results to confirm that.
Smith says the driver of a Honda Civic is hospitalized in critical condition, and the driver of a pickup also involved in the wreck was treated at the scene.
– With files from The Associated Press
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