The family of a baby boy who was killed along with his grandparents in a wrong-way police chase on Highway 401 are suing the Durham Region police officers involved, the police board and the estate of the driver who struck them.

A statement of claim filed in court by the boy’s parents, Gokulnath Manivannan and Ashwitha Jawahar, and two other family members alleges police negligence and inadequate handling of the pursuit that left four people dead in April 2024.

Three-month-old Aditya Vivaan Gokulnath and his grandparents, who were visiting from India, died when a wrong-way cargo van being pursued by police struck the family’s vehicle on the highway east of Toronto.

The baby’s parents suffered “permanent and serious injuries” in the crash and have since lost income, incurred medical expen

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