5 killed in crash were students and staff member from same school in Ontario [Video]

Four high-school students and a staff member were killed in a car crash while returning home from a sports event, an Ontario school board said Saturday, calling it a devastating loss for the community.

The Bluewater District School Board released a statement saying all four girls and the staff member who died were from a K-12 school in Walkerton, Ont.

“Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families directly impacted, as they deal with unimaginable grief and sadness through this sudden and heartbreaking loss,” the board’s statement reads.

Police say the victims of the Friday afternoon crash are four teenage girls, ages 16 and 17, and a 33-year-old man who were all travelling in the same SUV.

Ontario Provincial Police say the SUV collided with a transport truck and then crashed into a second SUV at an intersection outside London, Ont.

Four people died at the scene of the crash …