MADD Canada is speaking out after a devastating crash in Ontario killed three children and left others fighting for their lives, in a collision police allege involved a 19-year-old impaired driver.
The tragedy, which happened on Sunday, May 18 in Etobicoke, has renewed urgent calls for stronger impaired driving prevention and enforcement in Canada.
“This is a situation where so much of a family is just torn apart,” said Tanya Hansen Pratt, national president of MADD Canada.
“Our hearts go out to the family and to their friends. We are very frustrated and heartbroken for them.”
The collision involved six people in the struck vehicle including a mother, her four children, and her partner.
Two of the children, ages 13 and 15, were pronounced dead at the scene, while their six-year-old sibling died later in hospital. The 10-year-old child and their 35-year-old mother, as well as the mother’s partner — a 40-year-old man — were rushed to …