Tuesday, June 27, 2006

CANADIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT

A Canadian soldier was among three people killed in a multi-vehicle collision on the weekend near Parry Sound.

OPP say four vehicles and 14 people were involved in the crash.

The soldier, identified as 21-year-old Mitchell Emms of Fredericton, N.B., was driving a small car occupied by six people when it crossed the centre line of Highway 69.

Emms, based at Canadian Forces Base Borden, near Barrie, was killed along with two 20-year-old women from the Parry Sound area who were passengers in the car.

Three other passengers in that vehicle -- also soldiers based at CFB Borden -- suffered serious injuries.

Two people in a second car -- 61-year-old Bruce Summers and his 54-year-old wife, Martha -- also suffered serious injuries, and six people in two other vehicles were treated for minor injuries.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.


PUBLICATION: The London Free Press
DATE: 2006.06.27
SOURCE: BY CP

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