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Victims of Kenora-area car crash identified

Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP have released the identity of the family involved in a fatal single-vehicle crash last Thursday. Dead are 46-year-old Chaenyeo Hyeon, and her 19-year-old son Jeseon Kim of Winnipeg.
Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP have released the identity of the family involved in a fatal single-vehicle crash last Thursday.

Dead are 46-year-old Chaenyeo Hyeon, and her 19-year-old son Jeseon Kim of Winnipeg. 47-year-old Soo Hyun Kim, 47, and Jewan Kim, 17, remain in critical condition at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

The accident occurred when Kim's vehicle entered a ditch, struck a rock cut and burst into flame.

Police say friends in Winnipeg have helped them get in touch with the family's relatives in Korea.




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