It was a weekend that started with singing and dancing, however resulted in tragedy.
On Saturday, Jenelle Galve was celebrating the Victoria Day lengthy weekend together with her sister, Jade, and each of their children in Milton, Ont. The following morning, she obtained a disturbing telephone name from the police.
Authorities defined that there was an accident and three of her sister’s 4 youngsters have been killed in what police say was a collision involving a drunk driver.
In response to police, Jade and her 4 youngsters have been being pushed in a minivan by Jade’s boyfriend round midnight on Sunday, Could 18, after they have been allegedly struck by a drunk driver, who exited Freeway 401 eastbound at Renforth Drive in Etobicoke.
Investigators say the motive force was allegedly dashing on the exit ramp, misplaced management and hit the household’s automobile, which was stopped at a pink mild.
15-year-old Ramone and 13-year-old Jace have been killed immediately within the crash. Shortly after, 6-year-old Maya died at an area hospital. Their mom and 10-year-old brother, Avery, survived, together with Jade’s boyfriend.
Picture of the Laviña household. (Handout)
“They’re lovely children. They have been joyful,” their aunt Jenelle Galve advised CityNews. “They love basketball. Maya cherished to paint. She’s very girly. She loves to bop on TikTok with my children.”
“They have been one of the best children anybody might ever ask for. And simply having to know that their harmless lives have been taken away by one mistake is so devastating,” she added.
Police arrested the motive force, 19-year-old Ethan Lehouillier of Georgetown, Ont., on the scene. He’s going through 12 fees, together with three counts of impaired driving inflicting loss of life and three counts of impaired driving inflicting bodily hurt.
In the meantime, the mom of the kids stays in a hospital with a concussion and damaged ribs. Her 10-year-old son is recovering from minor accidents and her boyfriend is coping with stitches on his head and a swollen eye.
Aftermath of a violent two-vehicle crash on Renforth Drive at Freeway 401 that killed three youngsters on Could 18, 2025. CITYNEWS
“It’s so necessary for folks to know that consuming and driving ought to cease,” aunt Jenelle Galve stated. “Because of this, this consciousness must exit in every single place. As a result of now we’re grieving, not only one, you already know, we’re grieving three deceased children.”
The tragic collision comes practically a decade after an analogous incident occurred in Vaughan.
In September 2015, an impaired driver precipitated the deaths of three youngsters and their grandfather. The motive force, Marco Muzzo, was sentenced to 10 years in jail after pleading responsible in 2016. He was later granted full parole in 2021.
On Sunday, the household from the 2015 tragedy posted a message of assist to the Laviña household on social media, writing, “I’m heartbroken after listening to the information. I’m so so sorry. In Grief & Solidarity.”
An internet fundraiser has been arrange for the Laviña household and has raised greater than $100,000 as of Monday night.
