Five people killed in crashes over Thanksgiving long weekend: OPP

Ontario Provincial Police say five people died in crashes over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

One of the incidents was a double fatality involving a horse and buggy in Brant Township.

Police say two children, a nine and ten-year-old, died as a result.

Three other people were killed in three other crashes, including on motorcyclist.

Police also released the results of Operation Impact.

Officers laid 6,246 traffic related charges in this year’s campaign, which runs nationally and targets aggressive drivers, inattentive drivers and impaired drivers.

Aggressive driving led the list of offences, with 4,771 speeding charges laid.

There were 159 racing/stunt driving charges laid.

A total of 231 people have died on OPP-patrolled roads so far this year.

They say a significant number of these were preventable and linked to poor behaviours such as aggressive and inattentive driving.