A 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision north of Orangeville earlier this week has been identified as former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul, CTV News has learned.
The Barrie mother was travelling with her baby boy, Charlie, when they became involved in a crash on Tuesday afternoon near County Road 125 and south of 20th Sideroad in the Township of Melancthon, Ont.
Paul was pronounced dead at the scene. Her son, who was in the back seat, was transported to a children’s hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Three others were also taken to hospital, including a 67-year-old man with serious injuries. The couple teamed up in 2009 and won the junior ice dance title at the national championships and captured a silver medal at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships a year later.
They represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, where they finished 18th in their event.She would go on to pursue a career in law, landing an associate lawyer position at Barriston Law.
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