Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for six young people killed in Barrie, Ont., crash

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Candle flames and lantern lights illuminated downtown Barrie Saturday night, as hundreds honoured six young people killed in a car crash.

Friends and relatives of the victims, who were all in their early 20s, sent lanterns aloft over Kempenfelt Bay towards the end of a night filled with tearful tributes and reflections on the lives they say were cut short too soon. They floated overhead of the scene further illuminated by flickering candles and dotted with bouquets.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

The six victims were found early Sunday morning after their vehicle came to rest in a large concrete pit in a rural construction site on the southwest edge of the city. The flood of tributes prompted Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman to reflect on the impact the tragedy had on the community at large. “I know he is as humbled as my husband and I are by the truly generous outpouring of love and support for each of the six families,” she said of Ono-O’Connor.

“If you knew Jersey, you know that she could be feisty at times,” said Mitchell’s uncle Jonathan Jackson. “But when she was feisty, we knew it was because of how deeply she cared about the people around her. I believe that if we could emulate that, emulate her caring and her thoughtfulness, that’s a tribute that I know she would be proud of.”

 

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