{"id":749991,"date":"2026-06-20T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/749991\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:30:14","slug":"brampton-driver-dies-after-crash-that-killed-five-siblings-from-elmira-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/749991\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton driver dies after crash that killed five siblings from Elmira, Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in southern Ontario say the driver of an SUV involved in a crash that killed five young siblings has died in hospital from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Brampton man was the lone person in the SUV when it collided northwest of Kitchener last week with a passenger van carrying 10 people, including a family from Elmira, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release today, Ontario Provincial Police say the 42-year-old died in hospital on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Four girls and one boy, between the ages of four and 12, died in the June 12 crash.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said an infant, the children\u2019s parents and two older adults suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious.<\/p>\n<p>A funeral service for the children was scheduled for Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 38,980 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,394,188 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1650 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are you concerned about AI data centres being built in your community?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in southern Ontario say the driver of an SUV involved in a crash that killed five young&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-749991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749991","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=749991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}