A family who lost three loved ones in a fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 401 last year has launched a lawsuit against the officers involved, the police board and the estate of the suspect, also killed in the crash, that police were pursuing.

Gokulnath Manivannan and his wife Ashwitha Jawahar were the sole survivors in the April 2024 collision that killed Manivannan’s parents and the couple’s three-month-old son.

The lawsuit filed by the couple and two other family members is asking for $25 million in damages.

It claims the accident and resulting injuries were the result of negligence on the part of the defendants who include two officers involved in the crash, Durham Regional Police, Ontario Provincial Police and the estate of the suspect police were pursuing at the time of the crash.

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