Celebrations for the end of the semester have been silenced as RMC students mourn four people killed in an accident

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The students had to continue with the last day of Saturday with the incident hanging over their heads, but said they tried to focus on the task at hand.

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The Canadian press

Ian Bikis

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April 30, 2022 • 15 hours ago • 2 minutes reading • 20 comments Kingston Police, Military Police and National Defense are investigating a “fatal incident” involving a vehicle at Point Frederick on the Royal Military College campus on Friday. Photo by Ian MacAlpine / The Whig-Standard

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Holiday festivities at the end of the school year were muffled by a tragedy at Canada’s Royal Military College as students and staff mourned the loss of four on Saturday.

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Officer cadets Jack Hogarth, Andrei Honchiu, Broden Murphy and Andres Salek, all ready to graduate, died early Friday morning when their car sank in the lake that surrounds the campus in Kingston, Ont.

The students had to continue on the last day of Saturday with the incident hanging over their heads, but said they had tried to focus on the task at hand.

“It really was, ‘Keep your head down and try to do your best under the circumstances,'” second-year student Aiden Rob-Craig said after finishing his final exam.

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As the RMC closed the main campus for the weekend to outsiders, students leaving the final exams in a neighboring building were silent, with some saying they were likely to postpone their celebrations until the end of the term due to the incident.

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Others are likely to gather for drinks to get through the tragedy, Rob-Craig said.

“This is one of the ways people will overcome it. This will be a great relief from stress, as going out together is something we do. It’s just that we grieve together, how we overcome things. “

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement saying his heart was broken for the families and friends of the four killed, while RMC Commander Josie Kurz said on Friday that the entire college community was devastated by the loss.

“The director of the RMC, Dr. Harry Koval, and I express our deepest condolences to their loved ones,” she told a news conference. “Like the parents themselves, we can only imagine their pain and will continue to provide them with the support they need during the difficult days and weeks ahead.”

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Two makeshift memorials have sprung up on campus, one next to a gazebo near one of the residences and the other at the scene, RMC spokesman Jonathan Farlam said.

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On the other side of the bay in downtown Kingston, community members expressed concern over the news.

“I was shocked to hear about it, it was the last place something like that would happen,” Ben Doherty said.

“It’s a tragedy, they were just ready to leave.”

Hogarth was engaged in military and strategic research and hoped to be an officer in an armored regiment, according to the Ministry of Defense. Honciu was studying business administration and was planning to become a logistics officer.

Students from the Royal Military College RMC killed cadet officer Jack Hogarth, cadet officer Andrei Honchiu, cadet officer Andres Salek and cadet officer Broden Murphy. Photo by DND

Murphy, also a business administration student, worked to become a space environment controller. Salek, a student of military and strategic research, also wanted to be an armored officer.

The National Defense has released little details about the fatal incident, saying only that four people died after the only car entered Lake Ontario at Point Frederick on campus around 2 a.m. Friday morning. An investigation is ongoing.

A national defense spokeswoman said details of each memorial service would be communicated at the discretion and discretion of the victims’ families.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on April 30, 2022.