Post by Admin on Aug 25, 2023 19:13:18 GMT
Former figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont., identified as new mom killed in Melancthon crash
A figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont. has been identified as the 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township earlier this week.
Alexandra Paul, 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.
A figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont. has been identified as the 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township earlier this week.
Alexandra Paul, 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.
Emergency crews, police and an air ambulance attend the scene of a fatal multi-vehicle crash on County Road 124 in Melancthon Township on Tues., Aug. 22, 2023. (Source: OPP/Twitter)
Police say her baby was taken to a children's hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Three other people were also injured in the crash, including one man, 67, who was airlifted to a trauma centre.
Originally from Midhurst, Ont., Paul met her husband, Mitch Islam, at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie in 2009.
The ice dancing duo went on to compete in 2010 at the World Junior Championships, capturing a silver medal and travelling to compete in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, coming in 18th.
In 2016, Paul and Islam retired from competitive skating and the couple married in the fall of 2021.
A figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont. has been identified as the 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township earlier this week.
Alexandra Paul, 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.
A figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont. has been identified as the 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township earlier this week.
Alexandra Paul, 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.
Emergency crews, police and an air ambulance attend the scene of a fatal multi-vehicle crash on County Road 124 in Melancthon Township on Tues., Aug. 22, 2023. (Source: OPP/Twitter)
Police say her baby was taken to a children's hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Three other people were also injured in the crash, including one man, 67, who was airlifted to a trauma centre.
Originally from Midhurst, Ont., Paul met her husband, Mitch Islam, at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie in 2009.
The ice dancing duo went on to compete in 2010 at the World Junior Championships, capturing a silver medal and travelling to compete in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, coming in 18th.
In 2016, Paul and Islam retired from competitive skating and the couple married in the fall of 2021.