The incident happened in the early hours of Friday on the campus of the Royal Military College in Kingston, announced the Ministry of National Defense of Canada. The National Search Service of Canada is investigating the incident. College Commander Josée Kurtz identified the probation officers as Jack Hogarth, Andrei Honciu, Broden Murphy and Andrés Salek. “Four quarter-year probationers from the Royal Military College of Canada traveling in a single vehicle were killed when their car plunged into campus at Point Frederick on Friday,” Kurtz said Friday night. No further details were available. He said the four students were completing their Bachelor of Arts degree. Hogarth and Salek were studying military and strategic studies and were to become armored officers in the army. Researchers surveyed the road and the coastline by boat and on Friday. Late Friday afternoon, the vehicle transporting the testers was pulled from the water by the authorities, CBC news reported. “My heart goes out to the families and friends of the four student officers who died early this morning in Kingston,” Prime Minister Justin Trinto wrote on Twitter. “The tragic death of these young Canadians is a catastrophic loss. To all who knew them: we are here for you “.
