{"id":631005,"date":"2026-04-27T02:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631005\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:28:15","slug":"ontario-family-awaits-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-father-of-3-and-and-crashing-into-fords-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631005\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario family awaits trial of man accused of killing father of 3 and and crashing into Ford’s car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaiwin Kirubananthan, accused of reckless driving after a fatal crash killing a father of three, is set to appear in court. Jon Woodward reports. <\/p>\n

The man accused of dangerous driving in a crash that killed a beloved father of three, months after allegedly hitting a car carrying Ontario\u2019s premier, is expected in court Monday.<\/p>\n

The judge-alone trial of Jaiwin Kirubananthan will be at a Newmarket courthouse. And the family of Andrew Cristillo will be there to fight for his memory, a new road safety law, and seek justice, said his brother Jordan.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jordan Cristillo Jordan Cristillo, wearing a “Justice for Andrew” cap, speaks with CTV News. <\/p>\n

\u201cNothing\u2019s going to bring my brother back. However, we want to make sure there\u2019s accountability and consequences for actions like this,\u201d Jordan said in an interview with CTV News on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Jordan shared that he keeps a photo of himself and his brother when they were kids next to his bedside stand \u201cto remind me every day to keep having his back.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jordan added that his brother used the same photo when he asked him to be his best man.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jordan and Andrew Cristillo Jordan Cristillo shows a photo of himself and his brother Andrew when they were kids. (CTV News) <\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, supporters will bring family photos of Andrew, his wife Christina, and their three girls, Ella, Louise and Chloe, to the courthouse, as well as posters that outline the connection to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Jordan said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Andrew Cristillo Andrew Cristillo (left) is shown with his wife and three daughters in this picture provided by family. Cristillo was killed in a head-on collision on <\/p>\n

Last August,<\/a> Cristillo and his family were in their car on Highway 48 when they were hit by another driver. The 35-year-old patriarch died instantly.<\/p>\n

His wife, Christina, pulled the girls from the crumpled vehicle and soon faced an uncertain future raising them as a widow while fighting breast cancer herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur world got flipped upside down. And some days you wake up thinking it\u2019s all a nightmare, but then you quickly realize that no, this did happen. So each day seems to be a battle to put one foot in front of the next,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n

\"\"One person dead, four others injured in head-on crash on Highway 48 <\/p>\n

Then 18-year-old Kirubananthan was charged with dangerous driving causing death and fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

It emerged he had faced a dangerous driving charge the January before, when he was accused of hitting the vehicle carrying Ontario Premier Doug Ford<\/a> on Highway 401.<\/p>\n

\"\"Doug Ford, Jan. 8 crash Hwy 401 Ontario Premier Doug Ford was uninjured after an OPP vehicle he was travelling in on Highway 401 in PIckering was involved in a collision. (The Canadian Press and MTO) <\/p>\n

Kirubananthan did get a 30-day driving suspension for a Highway Traffic Act charge, but he was legally able to drive while awaiting that trial when he allegedly hit the Cristillos.<\/p>\n

The premier moved to support what the Cristillo family calls \u201cAndrew\u2019s Law,\u201d<\/a> something that would immediately suspend a licence for those charged with dangerous driving, which is similar to what already happens with stunt driving and dangerous driving.<\/p>\n

That law is moving through the legislature now, with a committee hearing in recent weeks. <\/p>\n

Kirubananthan\u2019s lawyer didn\u2019t return calls Sunday.<\/p>\n

A second trial on the crash with the premier\u2019s vehicle is scheduled for another time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaiwin Kirubananthan, accused of reckless driving after a fatal crash killing a father of three, is set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-631005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631005","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=631005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}