Marie-Helen Lessard, 49, owner and operator of Equus 3D Equestrian Centre near Orangeville, Ontario, and her husband, Steve Ratz, 57, were killed in a car crash on Sunday September 28, 2014.
The accident occurred on Dufferin County Side Road 10 at Mono-Amaranth Town line in the Township of Amaranth around 11:00 p.m. It is believed that a Volkswagen Jetta, driven by 26-year-old Travis Logan of Alton, ON, t-boned the Jeep Liberty driven by Ratz, knocking it off the road, when Logan failed to stop at a stop sign. Police reports indicate that both vehicles were damaged beyond recognition. All three victims were pronounced dead on the scene.
The couple is survived by two sons, Derek and Sebastien Ratz, who were away at university at the time of the incident.