Family Suffering ‘Profound Grief’ After Infant Son, Grandparents Killed in Wrong-Way Hwy 401 Crash

Published on May 8, 2024

The father who survived a multi-vehicle crash in Whitby, Ont., after a wrong-way police pursuit on Highway 401 said he and his wife are suffering “profound grief” following the deaths of his parents and infant son. Manivannan Srinivasapillai, 60, Mahalakshmi Ananthakrishnan, 55, and three-month-old Aditya Vivaan were killed last week after the U-Haul van driven by a man accused of robbing an LCBO was involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the 401. In a statement released on behalf of the family by the Special Investigations Unit, Gokulnath Manivannan, 33, wrote that he and his wife, Ashwitha Jawahar, 27, lost “three of the most precious people” in their lives....