Police investigate a fatal collision on Oil Heritage Road south of Oil Springs, October 4, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the OPP via Twitter)Police investigate a fatal collision on Oil Heritage Road south of Oil Springs, October 4, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the OPP via Twitter)
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Charges laid in crash that killed three Windsor students

A 22-year-old man now faces charges after a crash near Sarnia that killed three of his passengers.

The three, Harpreet Kour, Gurvinder Singh and Tanveer Singh, all died when the vehicle they were in went off Oil Heritage Road between Aberfeldy Line and Gum Bed Line in Dawn-Euphemia Township in the early morning hours of October 4.

The Ontario Provincial Police said all three were 19-year-old international students from India living in Windsor, and none of them were wearing seatbelts.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital.

The OPP laid nine charges against 22-year-old Jovanpreet Singh.

He faces one count of obstructing a peace officer, one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. He is also charged with three counts each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, and three counts of criminal negligence causing death.

The charges have not been proven in court.

Police said he is expected to appear in court in Sarnia Friday.

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