Grandparents and Infant Grandchild Killed After Police Pursuit of Liquor Store Robbery Suspects

A Durham Regional Police officer's logo emblem is shown at a Bowmanville, Ont., shopping centre parking lot on Feb. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Doug Ives

Four people, including two grandparents and their infant grandchild, have been killed after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ontario, after a call about a robbery at a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Clarington.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the initial call came in around 7:50 p.m. on April 29 from an off-duty police officer.