Brandon Hanniman to be laid to rest today

A funeral will be held Wednesday at 11a.m. at Whitewater Wesleyan Church in Cobden for 18-year-old Brandon Hanniman.

He is one of two boys killed in a car crash near Burnstown last week.  Hanniman is survived by his parents, Tom and Sherrylynn and four siblings. Hanniman and Renfrew Timberwolves Junior B teammate, Alex Paquette were both killed after their vehicle hit a rock cut on Calabogie Road just after midnight last Friday.

Police say some of the occupants in the car were not wearing a seatbelt and alcohol was a factor in the crash . Hanniman died at the scene, Paquette succumbed to his injuries later in hospital.

Funeral arrangements for Alex Paquette have not been released.

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  18-year-old Brandon Thomas Hanniman of Admaston Bromley Township died in a fatal collision on Calabogie Road near the village of Burnstown in the early hours of Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Renfrew Timberwolves)

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  A funeral is held Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 at Whitewater Wesleyan Church in Cobden for 18-year-old Brandon Hanniman who died in a crash on Calabogie Rd. near Burnstown, Ont. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.

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  18-year-old Brandon Hanniman was killed, and three 18-year-old males were injured in a collision on Calabogie Rd. in the early morning hours on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Tiffany Lepack/Metroland Media)