Crash is a ‘heartbreaking reminder of the lives that can be forever changed by a serious collision,’ says OPP; lack of seatbelts may have been a factor<\/p>\n
PUSLINCH \u2014 Ontario provincial police say they\u2019re investigating if a lack of seatbelts contributed to the deaths of four young people and injuries to two others after the vehicle they were travelling in careened into a ravine in Puslinch, Ont., just outside Guelph.<\/p>\n
The OPP says the single-vehicle crash happened early Saturday along Watson Road South, where the car left the road and struck a guardrail before falling into a ravine.<\/p>\n
Six young people from the Greater Toronto Area were inside, police say, and four were pronounced dead at the scene \u2013 two 19-year-old men from Mississauga and Brampton, a 17-year-old girl from Mississauga and a 15-year-old girl from Milton.<\/p>\n
The OPP says a 17-year-old girl from Mississauga remains in hospital with life-altering injuries after the crash, while a 16-year-old from Mississauga sustained non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
At a news conference on Sunday, OPP Insp. Karen Medeiros called the fatal crash an \u201cunimaginable loss\u201d and a \u201cheartbreaking reminder of the lives that can be forever changed by a serious collision.\u201d<\/p>\n
She says investigators believe the vehicle that crashed did not have enough seatbelts for all six occupants, but police are also probing if speed was a factor.<\/p>\n
Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance footage from the area to come forward.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n
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