Rural Ontario communities reeling with grief after crash that killed 5 children

16-Jun-2026

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Rural Ontario communities are reeling with grief after a deadly crash on June 12 that took the lives of five children.

The two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 4th Line and Wellington Road 12, in Mapleton Township, northwest of Kitchener-Waterloo, killed four girls and one boy, all in the same family. Police say they were four, six, eight, 10 and 12 years old.

On June 14, community members stopped at the intersection, leaving flowers, stuffed animals and wooden crosses to mark the loss.