Peel police confirmed this detail to CTV News Toronto on Monday morning, adding that the dead were 16, 17 and 19 years old.
Emergency crews were called to Elmvale Avenue and Conestoga Drive just after 2 a.m. for a single-vehicle crash.
Police said a vehicle crashed into a tree in the area and burst into flames. After the fire was extinguished, three occupants of the vehicle were located and pronounced dead at the scene.
Prior to the crash, police believe the white Honda Civic was traveling south and left the road for an unknown reason.
The front of the vehicle sustained significant damage after the impact and a large amount of debris was scattered around the crash site.
Three people died when a car crashed into a tree in Brampton early Saturday morning. (Courtesy: Pascal Marchand) Local residents who spoke to CP24 at the scene said they were woken by a loud bang in the middle of the night. People who identified themselves as family and friends of the victims placed flowers and a teddy bear at the scene in the hours following the crash. A teddy bear and flowers have been placed at the scene of a crash in Brampton that left three people dead. (Beatrice Vaisman/CP24) An investigation led by Peel Police’s major collision office is ongoing. The names of the dead have not been released by the police. With files from CP24’s Kerrisa Wilson
