3-month-old, grandparents visiting from India killed in 401 crash: SIU

CBC News

· Posted: May 02, 2024 2:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has released more information about the fatal crash on Highway 401 that killed four people on Monday, including a three-month-old boy. 

The two grandparents who were killed in the collision were visiting Canada from India, the SIU, which examines deaths involving police, said in a news release issued Thursday.

The infant's parents, a 33-year-old father and 27-year-old mother, were also injured in the crash, the SIU said, adding that they are residents of Ajax, Ont. The parents were in the same car as the grandparents and the baby, according to the news release.

The collision was the result of a police chase that began with an alleged liquor store robbery in Bowmanville, Ont. in the regional municipality of Clarington. Police pursued the suspect as he drove the wrong way on Highway 401 in Whitby, about 50 kilometres east of Toronto.

That chase ended in a fatal collision that involved at least six vehicles, according to the SIU. The robbery suspect was also killed. 

On Thursday, the SIU said the suspect was a 21-year-old man. A 38-year-old man who was also in the van remains in hospital with serious injuries, according to the SIU.

More to come.