Three children from Chelmsford were killed in a collision on Highway 17 near the Highway 144 interchange on Jan. 1.
At approximately 8:50 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP along with Sudbury Emergency Medical Service and Greater Sudbury Fire Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision in the westbound lanes of Highway 17, near the Highway 144 interchange in Sudbury.
Preliminary investigation revealed the westbound car left the travelled portion of the roadway and struck a rock cut.
Two passengers were pronounced deceased at the scene.
They are identified as Destiny Osagie, age 11 and Flourish Osagie, age 10. A third passenger, Britney Osagie, age six, was transported to hospital and succumbed to her injuries.
The 45-year-old female driver of the vehicle — who is the mother of the three deceased children — was not injured. A 45-year-old female passenger, a friend of the driver, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The 10-year-old male passenger, the son of the driver's friend, was airlifted to Toronto with serious injuries. Surgery was performed on the boy, who police now say appears to have life-threatening injuries.
All occupants of the vehicle are from Chelmsford.
The investigation is continuing with the assistance of an OPP Collision Reconstructionist and an OPP Technical Collision Investigator.
The westbound lanes of Highway 17 were closed for seven hours while officers conducted their investigation.
