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3 siblings dead in New Year's Day single-vehicle crash in Sudbury

Three siblings were killed as the result of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 17 near Lively, on New Year's Day.

Police say car left Highway 17 near Sudbury and struck rock cut.

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Police continue to investigate a single-vehicle collision that happened New Year's Day near Sudbury. Three children were killed in the crash. (CBC)

Three children killed in a single-vehicle crash on New Year's Day in Greater Sudbury are siblings.

The collisionhappened Wednesdaymorning on Highway 17, near the Highway 144 interchange near Lively.

OPP say the westbound vehicle left the roadway and hit a rock cut.

Brothers Destiny Osagie, 11, and Flourish Osagie, 10, died at the scene.

Their sister, Britney Osagie, 6, died later in hospital.

Police say a 10-year-old boy who was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries is not related to the other children.

The injured boy's 45-year-old mother was apassenger in the car. She sufferedminor injuries.

The mother of the three children who died was driving the car. She was not hurt.

Police say the families live in Chelmsford.They came from Nigeria.

Police investigatorscontinue to look into how a car with six people inside left the roadway and struck the rock cut.

With files from Kate Rutherford