Community honours 4 Walkerton, Ont., teens and teacher killed in multi-vehicle crash [Video]

Residents in Walkerton, Ont., turned on their porch lights and left running shoes outside as a way to show their grief after four teenage athletes and their teacher were killed in a multi-vehicle crash outside London last week.

A candlelight vigil was also planned for Sunday night at the Walkerton District Community School, the K-12 school where the teenaged girls, aged 16 and 17, studied, and where 33-year-old Matt Eckert, worked as a teacher and coach.

The deadly collision has rocked the small Bruce County community and prompted an outpouring of support for the friends and family of the four girls and Eckert.

“It’s an incredibly deep, deep scar this has inflicted our community. It’s going to take a long time to heal,” said Chris Peabody, the mayor of Brockton, which includes Walkerton.