Man faces 18 charges after crash kills children, granddad north of Toronto

Theglobeandmail.com
Sept. 28, 2015

A 29-year-old man faces 18 impaired-driving charges after three young children and their grandfather died following a three-car crash north of Toronto.

York Regional police said a 65-year-old man and three children, including a two-year-old girl and two boys aged 5 and 9, died after the crash that occurred Sunday afternoon in Vaughan, Ont.

Vaughan Fire and Rescue Chief Larry Bentley said the man was the children’s grandfather.

He said firefighters and paramedics tried to resuscitate the children when they got to the scene of the crash.

“Our hearts go out to the family,” Bentley said.

“It is a pretty traumatic event for everyone, including our staff, but we’ve brought in a peer-support system because they’ve had a tough day,” Bently said.

Police said all four were travelling in the same vehicle along with two other women who suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries, when their car was struck by another car.

“I understand that a vehicle failed to stop and T-boned the van with the family,” Bentley said.

A third vehicle was also involved in the crash but its two occupants were not injured.

Marco Muzzo, 29, of King Township, Ont., has been charged with numerous impaired-related charges, including four counts of impaired driving causing death.

He is due in a Newmarket, Ont., court later today.