
Driver, 70, charged after 18-month-old child killed in Richmond Hill daycare crash
One toddler is dead and two others remain in critical condition after a vehicle crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare Wednesday afternoon.
Two of the six other children injured remain in critical condition. One toddler is dead and two others remain in critical condition after a vehicle crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare Wednesday afternoon. A 70-year-old man is charged with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and two counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm.
Vinay Kumar Gupta, of Richmond Hill, appeared in Newmarket court Thursday via video link from a lock-up cell at York Regional Police District 1 police station and required a Hindi interpreter to help him with the proceedings.
Shortly after 1 p.m. the accused walked out of the police station and headed to an awaiting grey SUV as a relative and a friend, who accompanied Gupta, tried to shield his identity.
And the only words uttered about Wednesday’s horrific crash were “no comment” from the relative – believed to be the accused man’s son.
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