US EditionFunerals Planned for Walkerton Crash Victims
- Five people from Walkerton District Community School, including four students and one teacher, died in a crash last Friday afternoon in rural Ontario.
- The victims were heading home from a softball competition held east of London when their vehicle collided with a transport truck at a rural junction, and authorities are still investigating the incident.
- Funerals and memorials for the victims will be held through early June in several locations including Walkerton, Chesley, and Owen Sound, with families requesting specific tributes and donations.
- By Wednesday morning, an online fundraiser had collected more than $134,000 to support the victims' families, while community vigils highlighted the deep sorrow felt by many. Prime Minister Mark Carney described the tragedy as a heartbreaking event that no family, peer, or educational community should have to face.
- The tragic deaths led to grief counseling for students and widespread community support, highlighting the lasting emotional impact on the school and region as officials say healing will take a long time.
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Owen Sound Sun TimesFunerals planned for Walkerton District crash victims
As people across the entire region continue to grieve, the five victims of last Friday’s devastating three-vehicle crash near London will be memorialized at services in three Grey-Bruce communities in the coming days.
·Bruce County, Canada
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‘When something like this happens, everyone feels it’: Outpouring of emotion in Walkerton as community honours coach, four teens who died
Residents in this town northwest of Toronto are rallying to support the families of four high school students and their softball coach who were killed last Friday in a crash.
·Toronto, Canada
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