Man faces 18 charges after 3 siblings, grandfather killed
Siblings Daniel 9, Milly, 2, and Harry, 5., died when the minivan they were travelling in was hit by an SUV north of Toronto Sunday. Their grandfather also died.
A 29-year-old man faces 18 charges, including impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death, after three siblings and their grandfather died in a horrific crash north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
The crash happened when a minivan carrying six members of one family, including three children, their grandfather, grandmother and great-grandmother, collided with a black SUV.
Marco Muzzo, 29, of King Township appeared Monday in a Newmarket, Ont., court. Muzzo is from one of Canada’s wealthiest families, worth $1.7 billion, according to an estimate early this year from Canadian Business.
Muzzo is expected back in court Friday. His lawyer says he will mount a vigorous defence to the charges, which are:
- Four counts of impaired driving causing death.
- Four counts of driving over the legal limit.
- Four counts of dangerous driving causing death.
- Two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.
- Two counts of driving above the legal limit causing bodily harm.
- Two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
Mother posts heart-wrenching message
Jennifer Neville-Lake said she first heard about the crash while watching TV. She also posted on Facebook Monday morning that “all of my children have gone home to God with my dad. My mother and grandmother are still in the hospital.”
In the post to the Today’s Mom Facebook group, she also thanks people for their support.
“Your kind words and messages mean so much to my husband and I as we sit in our son’s empty room surrounded by our children’s things,” she writes. “Please keep us in your prayers. God bless.”
A Go Fund Me page has been started to help the family.
-Various sources