Four Indian nationals lost their lives, and one was injured after their car crashed and caught fire in Ontario province of Canada. The accident took place last Thursday near Lake Shore Boulevard East and Cherry Street in Toronto, according to a police statement.
The five individuals, aged between 25 and 32, were travelling in a Tesla when the vehicle “lost control and struck the guard rail and then a concrete pillar” before bursting into flames, the press release said. “We have gathered some evidence so far to suggest that speed was a factor,” Toronto Police Duty Inspector Phillip Sinclair told Toronto Sun newspaper.
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Police declared four of the occupants dead at the scene, while the fifth, a 25-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A passing motorist stopped to assist and rescued her from the burning vehicle, the report added.
“Heartfelt condolences on the tragic loss of Indian nationals in a car accident that took place yesterday in Toronto,” the Indian Consulate in Toronto said on Social media platform X.
Heartfelt condolences on tragic loss of Indian nationals in car accident that took place yesterday in Toronto. Consulate is in regular touch with local authorities and affected families in Canada & India. All required assistance is being provided.@MEAIndia @HCI_Ottawa
— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) October 25, 2024
The post added that the consulate was in regular touch with local authorities and affected families in Canada and India. “All required assistance is being provided,” it said. Police have urged witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to come forward.
Four Killed In Accident In Balasore
A similar incident was reported in Odisha’s Balasore district where at least four people lost their lives and 30 were injured when a tourist bus from Uttar Pradesh overturned, police reported on Saturday (September 28). The accident took place late Friday night, as the bus, en route to Puri, veered off the road and toppled into a paddy field near Mahamadnagar Patna on National Highway-60, the police said, news agency PTI reported.
The injured were immediately rushed to G K Bhattar Hospital in Jaleswar, while 17 critically injured passengers were later transferred to the district headquarters hospital in Balasore for further treatment, the police added.
