OPP have released the name of the five victims of Saturday morning’s deadly crash on the 401 in Quinte West.
The collision happened just before 4 a.m. Saturday morning between Aikens and St. Hiliaire roads.
Police say a tractor-trailer and passenger van collided, leading to the five deaths, along with injuries to two others who were transported to hospital with serious injuries.
Police say the victims are 24-year-old Harpreet Singh, 21-year-old Jaspinder Singh, 22-year-old Karanpal Sing, 23-year-old Mohit Chouhan and 23-year-old Pawan Kumar. They had been studying and living in Toronto or Montreal.
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The highway was closed for 10 hours while the OPP’s technical collision investigators (TCIs) and OPP collision reconstructionists investigated the scene of the collision.
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No charges have been laid.
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