An 18-year-old man from Oshawa, Ont., who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Provincial Police say.
A GoFundMe page by Christina Cristillo identifies her husband Andrew Cristillo as the victim of the fatal crash on Aug. 3 in Whitchurch-Stouffville, which also left her and their three daughters injured.
"He was an amazing, hands-on dad to our girls, always playing with them, teaching them, and making them laugh until their cheeks hurt," she wrote.
"Andrew had a wicked sense of humour and a way of lighting up every room he walked into — the life of the party, the friend everyone wanted by their side, the one who could make you smile even on your worst day. His greatest wish was for his family to be safe, happy, and cared for, and he worked tirelessly to give our daughters the best life and future he possibly could."
Their daughters now face life-altering injuries and Cristillo herself is in the midst of fighting breast cancer, she wrote.
OPP say the driver of the other vehicle in the head-on collision fled the scene but was found and arrested a short time later.
Jaiwin Kirubananthan was charged with dangerous driving causing death, three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, failing to remain at an accident resulting in death and public mischief.
Police say Kirubananthan is the same person charged after a car hit an OPP vehicle Ford was travelling in on Highway 401 in January.
The collision happened as Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The vehicle got "sideswiped," Ford said later that day.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 12, 2025.
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
