Ontario Provincial Police are lamenting a spike in road deaths over the Easter weekend.
The OPP say four people lost their lives in two separate motor vehicle collisions - bringing the death toll on OPP-patrolled roads this year to 85, up nearly 60 percent from the 54 reported by this time last year - while a fifth person died in an ATV incident, the first off-road fatality this year.
Police were also watching for proper seatbelt use over the long weekend, laying 1386 charges across the province for drivers and passengers who failed to buckle up.
North East Region OPP say officers conducted 1330 traffic stops over the weekend, issuing 48 seatbelt-related charges.
Superior East OPP report three seatbelt-related charges - one for failing to ensure an infant was properly secured - while 27 charges were laid for speeding, two for driving on a closed highway, four for failing to surrender license, ownership, or insurance card, and six for things such as driving while suspended, driving with handheld communication device, disobey stop sign, and commercial motor vehicles breaching rules.