Group of six killed in Barrie crash believed to be heading to casino: Police

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., say six young adults were heading to a casino around 6 a.m. on a Saturday last month when their car crashed in a construction site, killing everyone in the vehicle.

The new details from the Barrie Police Service are shedding more light on the fatal crash that devastated the city north of Toronto.

Police say investigators have determined that the crash at a municipal construction site on a rural road, where the vehicle plunged into a deep pit, happened shortly after 6 a.m. on Aug. 27.

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Six young adults – in their early 20s – were all killed sometime over the weekend in the Barrie area. It is believed they were travelling along McKay Rd. W. near Veteran’s Dr. When they collided into a excavated hole in the road. A police officer on patrol located the six around 2 a.m. Sunday morning on Monday Aug.29, 2022.Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network

That conclusion puts the time of the deadly crash nearly 24 hours before police officers came across the scene at 2 a.m. on Aug. 28.

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Friends, family and community members gather at vigil for six young people killed in a car accident in Barrie, Ontario on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Police in Barrie are sharing more details about the timing of a fatal car crash that killed six young adults this month and the destination it’s believed the group was headed to.Photo by Christopher Katsarov /The Canadian Press

The group of four men and two women, all between the ages of 20 and 23, had been reported missing on Saturday.

Police are asking anyone who travelled along McKay Road near the construction site between the afternoon of Aug. 26 and early morning Aug. 28 to contact them.

Family and friends have identified those killed in the crash as Curtis King, 22; River Wells, 23; Jason Ono-O’Connor, 22; Luke West, 22; Jersey Mitchell; and Haley Marin.