Four Indo-Canadians killed in tragic crash in Toronto | World news

Toronto: Four Indo-Canadians have been identified as victims of a deadly crash that occurred shortly after midnight on Thursday in Toronto.

Although their names have not been released, members of the Indo-Canadian community identified the victims as Digvijay Patel, Jay Sisodia and siblings, Keta and Nil Gohil.

According to a statement from Toronto Police, officers responded to a report of a traffic accident shortly after midnight on Thursday. The accident occurred near the city’s Lakeshore Boulevard.

The victims were traveling in a Tesla EV. According to the statement, the Tesla lost control and hit the guardrail and then a concrete pillar before “bursting up in flames.”

The fire claimed four lives, while a fifth passenger, an unidentified woman, was rescued by passersby and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Four people “were pronounced deceased at the scene,” the news release said. The victims were all between their twenties and early thirties.

The police ask local residents and motorists who may have camera footage or witnessed the event to contact investigators.

Among those in the area was a Canada Post employee who was on his way to the city of Mississauga when he witnessed the flames. Rick Harper told CTV News Toronto that he saw “five to two meters of flames above the hood of the car.”

Harper played a role in saving the passenger who survived. Even as others near the accident scene rushed to help, they were unable to break the vehicle’s windows.

He grabbed a rod from the truck he was driving and, with the help of another person, managed to take out a window. “And then it was good to see the young lady come out with her head out the window,” he told the outlet.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.