Indian couple, 3-month-old grandchild among four killed in accident in Canada

An Indian couple visiting Canada and their threemonthold grandchild were among four people killed on the spot in a multivehicle collision when Ontario police pursued a liquor store robbery suspect driving the wrong wayAll four people were pronounced dead at the scene on Highway 401 in Whitby about 50 kilometres east of Toronto police said on ThursdayOntarios Special Investigations Unit SIU said that two of the victims a 60yearold man and a 55yearold woman were visiting from India However the SIU did not release the names of the victimsThe couples threemonthold grandson also died in the multivehicle collision Highway 401 was closed for several hours after the incident on Monday it saidThe agency said that the parents of the infant his 33yearold father and 27yearold mother were travelling in the same vehicle and were taken to hospitalThe mothers injuries are serious the SIU saidThe 21yearold robbery suspect was also killed in the collision which involved at least six vehicles CBC News reportedOfficials have said the deadly car chase started with a liquor store robbery in Bowmanville and ended around 20 minutes later after the suspect in a cargo van ledDurham police on a highspeed chase against opposing traffic on Highway 401A 38yearold male passenger from the cargo van was also taken to the hospital to be treated for serious injuriesThe autopsies for the victims were conducted in Toronto on WednesdaySeven investigators one forensic investigator and one collision reconstructionist continue to investigate this case the statement saidThe SIU is an agency called in to investigate whenever police are involved in a death serious injury or allegations of sexual assaultMilica Maljkovic Birkett a witness to the deadly police chase and had a lucky escape said she didnt have time to thinkShe was driving her regular commute on the 401 when she was suddenly facetoface with the suspect van barrelling toward her car on the wrong wayI was like Oh my God like what just happened Whats going on Maljkovic Birkett told CBC Toronto on ThursdayMaljkovic Birkett said the experience has taken time to processIts so scary she said For whatever reason somehow my life was spared But four others were taken and that was just really heavy she saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever