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That three survived the grisly crash “is really very amazing, considering the crash we saw there and the impact and the carnage,” Const. Wijnands.

The driver of the truck — identified Tuesday as 38-year-old Christopher Fulton of London — and nine passengers in the van are dead. It’s believed that the driver of the van was also killed.

EMS services chief Linda Rockwood said the surviving workers were transported in critical condition, moved from Stratford General Hospital to London. One was flown by helicopter to a Hamilton hospital.

The executive director of Perth County Victims Services said her crew has been working around the clock to help friends and family of the victims, some of whom are here in Canada and some of whom are still in Peru. Victims services is also helping firefighters, police and emergency workers cope with memories of the scene, described by one veteran police officer as one of the most horrific in memory.

Perth County mayor Ian Forrest said Tuesday that Canadians will be able to donate to help the families of these migrant workers via a CIBC account being set up on Wednesday morning.

He gave his condolences to the friends and families of the workers and said he would release more information about the fund shortly.

Fire chief Bill Hunter said the 14-member volunteer fire department in nearby Shakespeare, Ont., which arrived on scene at the same time as ambulance crews Monday, deals with far more car crashes in the area than they do fires.