 Adam Bhagiratti, 21, was killed June 6 when the car he was driving spun out of control and on the Don Valley Parkway. (Facebook)
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TORONTO -- Two families are grieving the death of two young men after a speeding
convertible spun out of control and into a guardrail on the Don Valley
Parkway last night.
Friends of the two dead men, Adam Bhagiratti, 21, and Geetesh Singh, 20,
have already started Facebook tributes to them. The car was registered to
Bhagiratti's father.
Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, just south of Eglinton Ave.
around 8:30 p.m.
Toronto Police are continuing to investigate the crash – possibly caused by
street racing – that also sent a 21-year-old girl to hospital. The girl had
various injuries, including broken bones, police said, but was treated and
released last night.
The car, a red Nissan 300 ZX, was in the centre, northbound lane when the
driver lost control, police said.
Sgt. Tim Burrows said police are continuing to search for a white
convertible seen before the crash in the centre lane, just in front of the
red Nissan 300 ZX.
"No one has said they were passing each other, just that they were passing
everybody else," Burrows said.
At some point, the red car careened off the road.
"It went through the right guard rail, it took out about a 40-foot section
of the guardrail and a light standard and ended up facing southbound in the
grass on the side of the road," Burrows said.
Police are still trying to determine how fast the car was going at the time
and if alcohol was a factor.
"Given the circumstances, we'll have to wait for toxicology for that," he
said.
