King’s University College mourns two students killed in Highway 401 crash near Kitchener

King’s University College in London, Ont. is mourning on Tuesday after it was learned that the two people who died in yesterday’s crash on Highway 401 were international students from China, the school announced on Tuesday.

King’s University College in London, Ont. is mourning on Tuesday after it was learned that the two people who died in yesterday’s crash on Highway 401 were international students from China, the school announced on Tuesday.

Just after 10:30 a.m. on Monday, first responders attended the scene of a crash on Highway 401 near Ayr, Ont., south of Kitchener, involving a pickup truck with one driver and a minivan carrying six people, OPP say.

Three passengers of the minivan were transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two of the individuals later succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

Two other occupants of the minivan and the driver of the pickup truck were transported to hospital with serious injuries, while the driver of the minivan was treated on scene for minor injuries.

A 17 kilometre stretch of eastbound highway was closed for six hours.

According to a press release from King’s University College, the two people who died and two others who were injured in Monday’s crash were international students from China.