Renfrew families Grieve after Sudbury area Accident

January 3, 2012 was a terrible day for Renfrew, Ontario families whose teens were killed in a tragic car accident on Highway 17.

Keegan Melville, 18, and Zabrina Rekowski, 19, of Renfrew were killed when the Ford minivan they were travelling in crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a Jeep near Hagar, Ont..  The accident happened about 50 km east of Sudbury.

The driver of the minivan, Hillary Afelskie, 19, ofAdmaston-BromleyTownship, Ont., died in hospital the following day.

Emily Olmstead, 19, of WhitewaterRegionTownship, Ont.,  is the sole survivin passenger of the minivan.

The two people in the Jeep, Walter Rancourt, 72, and Patricia Rancourt, 71, both from Sturgeon Falls, Ontario., were transported to hospital with serious injuries.

Our condolences go out to the friends and families of the injured and the deceased.

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