Death toll in Ontario crash rises to six (opens in new tab)

The death toll from a two-vehicle crash in Mapleton, Ont., rose to six after Ontario Provincial Police said the SUV driver, a 42-year-old Brampton man, died Friday in hospital from his injuries. The June 12 collision between a passenger van and an SUV happened around 7:30 p.m. in the Township of Mapleton, about 35 kilometres northwest of Kitchener-Waterloo. Police said five children in the passenger van, ages four, six, eight, 10 and 12, were pronounced dead after the crash, and five other pe...