MIDDLESEX — A fifth person has died after a multi-vehicle crash in southwestern Ontario.
Police say the victims of the Friday afternoon collision are four teenage girls, ages 16 and 17, and a 33-year-old man who were all travelling in the same SUV.
Ontario Provincial Police say the SUV collided with a transport truck and then crashed into a second SUV at an intersection outside London, Ont.
Four people died at the scene of the crash, but police now say a 16-year-old girl who was airlifted to hospital has since died too.
OPP say the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Thorndale Road and Cobble Hills Road.
Police say the driver and passenger of the second SUV and the driver of the transport truck had minor injuries.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 24, 2025.
The Canadian Press