A teenage driver was killed and three passengers injured when their minivan smashed into utility poles, streetlights and fences in Markham last night. The Toyota minivan was travelling along 9th Line near Delmark Blvd. just before midnight when the driver apparently lost control. The driver was partially ejected from the vehicle despite wearing a seatbelt, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two of the passengers were taken to Sunnybrook hospital with life-threatening injuries and are now in stable condition. A fourth occupant was taken to Markham-Stouffville hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. All four teens were about 17 years old. The crash came at the end of a deadly holiday weekend, which had already seen five fatal collisions on the province’s roads as of Sunday. During a weekend safety blitz, police laid 163 street racing charges, including one issued to a Barrie-area teen after a car was seen speeding at 239 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
This is just another fatality that has taken place over this long weekend. Wether or not there was alcohol involved in the crash, this weekend has seen alot of incidents like this, teens just sometimes get carried away when there friends are in the car, and they begin to speed and not pay attention to the road. I just think that teens and young adults have to be smart when it comes to driving.
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