{"id":954106,"date":"2026-11-01T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954106\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T08:00:18","slug":"watson-road-crash-in-puslinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954106\/","title":{"rendered":"Watson Road crash in Puslinch"},"content":{"rendered":"

What caused a crash that killed four people and left two others with life-threatening injuries? CTV’s Hannah Schmidt reports. <\/p>\n

Ontario Provincial Police say four people were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Puslinch, just outside of Guelph.<\/p>\n

Two others were also taken to a hospital with what OPP described as serious, life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

No further details were shared about their condition.<\/p>\n

The crash happened on Watson Road South around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"\"puslinch guelph watson road wellington maltby crash collision fatal The scene of a fatal crash on Watson Road South in Puslinch, Ont. on Oct. 31, 2026. (Hannah Schmidt\/CTV News) <\/p>\n

Police said four of the six people inside the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that we are in the midst of identifying the occupants and notifying the family members,\u201d Sgt. Ed Sanchuk told CTV News on Saturday afternoon. \u201cAs a father, my heart just sinks to my stomach and I can\u2019t even imagine that knock on the door. From our OPP family to every one of their family members, our thoughts and our deepest condolences go out to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"puslinch guelph watson road wellington maltby crash collision fatal Damaged guard rail along Watson Road South in Puslinch, Ont. on Oct. 31, 2026. (Hannah Schmidt\/CTV News) <\/p>\n

Photos showed a damaged guard rail before a bend in the road. On the other side was a steep slope leading to a wooded area.<\/p>\n

CTV News also saw a mangled vehicle being towed from the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

\"\"puslinch maltby watson wellington fatal crash collision A damaged vehicle sits on a flatbed truck at the scene of a fatal collision on Watson Road South in Puslinch on Oct. 31, 2026. (Hannah Schmidt\/CTV News) <\/p>\n

At 12 p.m., OPP warned Watson Road South between Wellington Road 34 and Maltby Road East could remain closed for another six to eight hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn extensive on-scene investigation remains ongoing with assistance from the OPP Traffic Incident Management Enforcement team, Technical Collision Investigators and Reconstructionists, Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit,\u201d they wrote in a press release.<\/p>\n

Police said it was too early in their investigation to share further details and a press conference would be held Sunday morning at their detachment in Rockwood.<\/p>\n

\"\"puslinch guelph watson road wellington maltby crash collision fatal Heavy machinery at the scene of fatal crash on Watson Road South in Puslinch, Ont. on Oct. 31, 2026. (Hannah Schmidt\/CTV News) <\/p>\n

They would also like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone that lives on Watson Road South that may have dash camera footage or a video surveillance system that may have captured this incident are being asked to contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122,\u201d Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said in a video posted to social media.<\/p>\n

With reporting from Hannah Schmidt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What caused a crash that killed four people and left two others with life-threatening injuries? CTV’s Hannah Schmidt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-954106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954106","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=954106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}