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A Special Investigations Unit photographer takes photos of two vehicles involved in a crash on Trafalgar Road, between Five Sideroad and 10 Sideroad Monday morning. Two people were killed and another seriously injured after coming to the aid of a driver whose van (left) flipped over in the east ditch. The driver of a northbound car (right) struck the trio before coming to rest in the ditch. Photo by Ted Brown Two killed aiding accident victims Man, woman struck by car during white-out on Trafalgar Road LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Two good Samaritans-- a man from Ballinafad and an Acton woman-- are dead after rushing to the aid of occupants of an overturned van in the ditch on Trafalgar Rd. during whiteout conditions Monday morning. Just minutes after they and other citizens helped to free a Georgetown woman and child from the Honda van Richard Pyman, 49, and Elyse Schultz, 54, died from injuries they suffered when they were struck by a car. They were standing behind a police cruiser on the east shoulder of Trafalgar Rd., north of Five Sideroad. Halton Regional Police Sgt. Peter Payne said Pyman, of Ballinafad, Schultz, of Acton, and other citizens were already at the northbound van that had lost control and rolled over into the ditch attempting to free the van's occupants when a Halton Police officer arrived shortly before 11 a.m. He was responding to another accident involving a Taurus and commercial truck that had occurred nearby. Knowing there were no injuries in that accident, Payne said the officer immediately responded to the overturned van, parked the cruiser on the east shoulder of the road with the roof lights activated, and rushed to help the citizens get the occupants out. After successfully RICHARD freeing the mother and PYMAN child, the officer and citizens escorted them from the ditch and placed them in the cruiser. The citizens and officer were standing about two feet behind the cruiser when the officer saw a northbound Ford Focus coming towards them. Payne said he yelled to the citizens to get out of the way, but three of them were struck by the Focus, driven by a 71-year-old Ancaster man. After hitting the citizens, the Focus struck the cruiser, then flipped over and landed in the ditch against the overturned van. Payne said the officer and the other citizen escaped being hit by mere inches. The mother and child in the cruiser received minor injuries when the cruiser ELYSE was struck, and the driSCHULTZ ver of the Focus also suffered minor injuries. They were treated and released from hospital. Pyman died Monday at Georgetown Hospital. Schultz was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where she died Tuesday morning. See PAIR, pg. 3