Man sentenced to 8 years after impaired driving crash killed 3 children in Etobicoke
Posted on: May 05, 2026 01:29 IST | Posted by: Cbc
A stabroek, Ont., adult male has been sentenced to 8 years after he slammed into the caravan of a Toronto fellowship while impaired, killing three children in Etobicoke nearly a year ago.
Justice Kimberley Crosbie sentenced Ethan Lehouillier in an Ontario Court of Justice courtroom in Toronto on Monday. She also imposed a 20-year driving prohibition, which will be in effect for 12 years after his sentence ends.
Crosbie gave Lehouillier credit for time served in custody since his arrest and for harsh jail conditions. That means he will serve seven years and five months in prison.
"Impaired driving is a scourge of our times," Crosbie told the court.
"That it is so preventable makes the horrors that can result sting that much more. For those present today whose lives, families and friendships have been torn apart — and here I include the Lehouillier family — we can do little more than wish some measure of peace as the years go by."
Lehouillier pleaded guilty in December to three counts of impaired driving causing death and three counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.
The crash happened shortly after midnight on May 18 near a Highway 401 exit in Etobicoke.
Police alleged Lehouillier, 19 at the time, was alone and speeding east on the 401 in a Dodge Caravan and exiting the highway when he lost control of his vehicle. The van then went over a median and collided with a Chrysler Pacifica minivan stopped at a traffic light.
Four children, their mother and a family friend were inside the Pacifica at the time. Three children — siblings Ramone, Jace and Mya Laviña — were killed.
The other three people in the van, including a 10-year-old child, survived the crash.
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