4 young people dead, 2 injured after car crashes into ravine near Guelph, Ont.

Four young lives were tragically lost and two more sustained serious injuries after a car veered off the road and plunged into a ravine near Puslinch, Ontario, just outside Guelph. Ontario provincial police are examining whether the absence of adequate seatbelts may have played a role in this devastating incident. Six young individuals from the Greater Toronto Area were passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

Tragically, four of them – including a 19-year-old man from Mississauga, another 19-year-old from Mississauga, a 17-year-old girl from Mississauga, and a 15-year-old from Milton – were pronounced dead at the scene. Another 17-year-old girl from Mississauga remains hospitalized, facing life-altering injuries, while a 16-year-old from Mississauga sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Ontario provincial police spokesperson, Insp. Karen Medeiros, described the crash as an "unimaginable loss" and a "heartbreaking reminder of the lives that can be forever changed by a serious collision." Authorities are probing whether speed may have been a factor in the fatal accident and are seeking any information or surveillance footage from the area.