{"id":350743,"date":"2025-12-17T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350743\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:01:13","slug":"driver-pleads-guilty-in-etobicoke-crash-that-killed-3-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350743\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver pleads guilty in Etobicoke crash that killed 3 children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The young man accused of being impaired and behind the wheel at the time he slammed into a Toronto family\u2019s van, killing three children, has pleaded guilty in the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ethan Lehouillier, of Georgetown, Ont., entered the plea Monday, a lawyer representing the children\u2019s family confirmed in an email to CBC Toronto on Tuesday. Lehouillier initially faced 12 criminal charges, including three counts of impaired driving causing death.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to three counts of impaired driving causing death and three counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm, lawyer Michael Coristine said. <\/p>\n

CBC Toronto has also obtained a court document confirming Lehouillier’s plea. <\/p>\n

The deadly crash happened shortly after midnight on May 18 near a Highway 401 exit in Etobicoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police allege Lehouillier, 19 at the time, was alone and speeding in a Dodge Caravan while heading east and was exiting the 401 when he lost control of his vehicle. The van then went over a median and collided with a Chrysler Pacifica minivan stopped at a traffic light.<\/p>\n

Four children, their mother and a family friend were inside the Pacifica at the time. Three children \u2014 siblings Ramone, Jace and Mya Lavi\u00f1a-Galve \u2014 were killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other three people in the van, including a 10-year-old child, survived the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WATCH | 19-year-old charged in deadly 401 crash appears in court:\"\"<\/p>\n

Man charged in deadly 401 crash that killed multiple children appears in court<\/p>\n

The accused in Sunday\u2019s alleged drunk driving crash that killed 3 children and sent 3 other people to hospital appeared in court today. The 19-year-old man from Georgetown is facing a dozen charges. CBC’s Dale Manucdoc has the latest on the investigation.<\/p>\n

The Lavi\u00f1a-Galve family declined an interview Tuesday through Coristine, who said \u201cit would not be appropriate\u201d in advance of Lehouillier\u2019s sentencing.<\/p>\n

Coristine said that process is set to begin on Feb. 26.<\/p>\n

The Lavi\u00f1a-Galve family is expecting to deliver victim impact statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-350743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}