UPDATE: 2:43 P.M.
A two-year-old boy and a ten-year-old boy have been identified as the victims in a fatal two-vehicle collision outside Stratford.
First responders were called out around 6 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Perth Line 26 and Perth Road 122 and once on scene, they discovered that an SUV and a minivan had collided.
Police say the two boys, Heeyul Son from Cambridge and Daniel Nadon from Kitchener, were pronounced dead at the scene while three other people were taken to hospital in critical condition and then airlifted to another hospital outside the county, a fifth person was found in stable condition while another was found with minor injuries and both were treated at the Stratford General Hospital.
Perth County OPP Constable Laura Brown says investigators are now trying to piece together what happened to try and come up with a cause.
“The expertise of our technical collision investigators is a tremendous asset in tragedies like this, what they are able to do is take not only the physical but any electronic evidence that would be available from those motor vehicles and essentially try and recreate what occurred.”
Post-mortem examinations for the two boys killed in the collision are scheduled for Thursday.
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UPDATE: 1:48 P.M.
Police say a 10-year-old and a 2-year-old were the victims of a fatal two-vehicle collision outside Stratford Tuesday night.
A post-mortem examination has been scheduled for both for Thursday.
More to come.
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UPDATE 7:48 A.M.
Intersection of Perth Line 26 and Road 122 is now open.
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UPDATE: 11:31 P.M.
Two people are dead and three are in critical condition after a two-vehicle collision outside Stratford.
Emergency services were called out to the intersection of Perth Line 26 and Road 122, north of St. Pauls, around 6 o’clock Tuesday night about reports of a two-vehicle collision and once on scene they discovered that an SUV and a minivan had collided.
Police say two people were found dead, three with critical injuries, one in stable condition and another with minor injuries with the three in critical condition brought to the hospital and then airlifted to other medical facilities outside of the county while the other two were treated at the Stratford General Hospital.
Perth County OPP Constable Laura Brown says the names of those involved in the crash have not been released as reconstruction crews are trying to piece together what happened.
“It’s their to job to come and essentially put the collision back together so that usually requires several hands and several hours, taking all of the pieces available to us as well as the information and statements from any witnesses, anyone involved and any other responders.”
Brown adds it’s too early to say what caused the crash and the roads in the area will remain closed for the near future as investigators look into what happened.
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UPDATE:8:00 P.M.
Ontario Provincial Police say the intersection of Perth Line 26 and Road 122 is closed after a collision.
Police tell the My Stratford Now Newsroom that it is a “major collision”.
They say they will be providing an update around 9:30 p.m. with whatever details are available at that time.
Stay with My Stratford Now for the latest as it becomes available.
