Classmates remember teen boys killed at COP

Tributes continue to pour in after the deaths of two twin boys at WinSport early Saturday.

Jordan and Evan Caldwell, 17, were killed, and six of their friends were injured, after they entered the park late at night and took a personal toboggan down the bobsled track.

Max Niu came to the two memorials Sunday to remember his classmate at Ernest Manning High School.

He says Evan was creative and a really nice guy.

“I was kind of shocked. You’ve never been through this kind of thing before,” he told CityNews.

Adam Najmmedine was also there to pay his respects.

“He was in my calculus class, and physics class, we actually always sat together and did exams together. We always like, talked answers,” he said. “It’s not going to be the same no more.”

Both Evan and his brother, who went to Westmount Charter School, are described as very bright, promising students and many are wondering why they made the trip into Canada Olympic Park at 1:30 a.m.

Liability lawyers are split as to whether Winsport could be held responsible for the boys’ deaths.

Scott Cozens says the facility’s argument that the boys were trespassing isn’t necessarily a slam-dunk defence.

“As a principle of law, you can be negligent if somebody drowns in your swimming pool, even though you didn’t let them in. Even if you had a fence,” he said.

For now, Najmeddine is left speechless: “I just broke down. I was really sad.”