Photograph by: Zbigniew Bzdak, McClatchy Newspapers, File, Canwest News Service
OTTAWA - Fewer than half of the booster seats used in crash tests conducted by Transport Canada provided "good protection" for children when the vehicles were involved in moderate to severe impacts, newly released test results show.
The tests, which involved a frontal crash against a rigid barrier at speeds between 35 km/h and 60 km/h, found that 70 of 161 tests of different types of booster seats met Transport Canada's threshold for giving "good protection during a crash." This meant the shoulder belt stayed centered on the shoulder and the lap belt remained on the pelvis or hips of the child dummies.
Currently, booster seats, which are used for children who weigh at least 40 pounds, are evaluated in simulated crashes on a sled apparatus. Transport Canada emphasizes there have been no complaints or identified defects in any of the booster seats tested under its research program, but acknowledges certain types of designs performed better than others in frontal crashes. Booster seat performance is also affected by the type of vehicle and the shape and size of the child that it is intended to protect.
Meanwhile, 13 of 85 rear-facing infant car seats, designed for babies under the age of one, showed an "anomaly" during in-vehicle crashes using dummies — usually when the seat detached from the base upon impact.
These 13 red flags were clustered in crash tests of three models. One of the models was recalled voluntarily last year by Combi USA, while the other two remain on the market because the seats continue to meet Canada's child-restraint safety standards.
These are among hundreds of newly released videos of crash tests of infant car seats, forward-facing child restraints and booster seats. The crash tests, which exceed existing mandatory safety standards, were conducted by Transport Canada's road safety research branch between 2003 through to this year.
The department uses results of this research program to help update regulatory requirements for children's restraint systems and booster seats. In August, Transport Canada published its plan to bring in tougher seat regulations.
This process is running alongside a product review at Transport Canada, revealed in the newly released documents. The review of Dorel Juvenile Group's Maxi-Cosi Mico infant car seat was launched after the seat separated from its base in one of eight crash tests conducted in January.
Transport Canada has yet to conduct any more crash tests, but plans to do so because "one separation experienced during the research testing may or may not be the result of the seat not being installed correctly," the department said in a statement on Monday.
This review will likely take months and is the second Dorel car seat under review by Transport Canada in as many years, according to the brand breakdowns in the newly released crash tests.
In early 2008, Dorel's Designer 22 infant car seat, sold under the brands Safety 1st, Eddie Bauer and Cosco, separated from its base in five of 22 crash tests. When Dorel challenged the results, Transport Canada conducted further tests.
When the department "realized the company would not recall the Designer 22" after an "honest difference of opinion about what these tests meant," Transport Canada issued a consumer information notice in August 2009 that "highly recommended" parents not use the base of the infant car seat, but secure the seat directly to the vehicle using the three-point belt.
Transport Canada also emphasized this rear-facing car seat, designed to be used in a vehicle with or without a detachable base, still met Canada's safety standards.
Rick Leckner, a spokesman for the Montreal-based Dorel Distribution, which imports Dorel products for its parent company, said Dorel used the information from Transport Canada's crash tests to improve the Designer 22; the company released the improved model into the marketplace last March to be sold alongside inventory of the older model.
Dorel is also standing by its Maxi-Cosi Mico car seat.
"To date, we could not replicate that in house, we haven't had any incidents. The last we heard is they are doing additional testing to try and determine if, in fact, this was some type of flaw on their end, but at this point it's up to them to come back to us and show us indeed there is a problem, because as far as we're concerned, there is not," said Leckner.
In a summary of the crash test results, Transport Canada warns that they "should not be used to compare one product to another."
And the department "did not do these tests to rate, rank or endorse individual seats. Testing conditions represent some specific situations and not all possibilities."
Transport Canada's test of forward-facing car seats, designed for children aged one until they reach 40 pounds, showed that the forward-facing child seats "did an excellent job of protecting the child dummies in all kind of crash tests."
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Most booster seats don't provide 'good protection' - Transport Canada
Serious crash south of Sarnia sends three to hospital this morning
Updated 07 OCT 09 - Sarnia Observer
Lambton OPP have confirmed the identities of those involved in a three-vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of Highway 40 and Courtright Line shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Three victims were rushed to hospital, two in serious condition. Two others were uninjured.
Investigation revealed that a Toyota SUV driven by 36-year-old Jody Shaw from Wilkesport was travelling north on Highway 40. A Ford minivan, driven by 44-year old Laureen Dupont from Sarnia, was travelling east on Courtright Line and is alleged to have pulled into the path of Shaw’s SUV.
The two collided in the northbound lane of the intersection. The Ford van skidded into the north east ditch, while the SUV spun around and collided with a Hyundai stopped facing west on Courtright Line.
Laureen Dupont and her passenger, 15-year-old Jacob Devereaux from St. Clair Twp, both sustained what appeared to be serious injuries. They were initially taken to Bluewater Health, Mitton site for treatment. Jacob Devereaux was then airlifted to London Health Sciences where he is presently listed in stable condition. Laureen Dupont was treated and released. Jody Shaw sustained what are deemed to be non-life threatening injuries. She was also taken to hospital in Sarnia and was admitted for treatment. She is presently in fair condition. The driver of the Hyundai, 25-year-old Christopher Brebner from Lambton Shores, and a 25-year-old male passenger were not injured.
The intersection of Highway 40 and Courtright Line was closed until around 10:30 a.m. while OPP and the Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) conducted a thorough investigation into what occurred. The intersection is controlled by a stop sign for traffic on Courtright Line. Road conditions were good and visibility was clear.
The investigation is continuing. No charges have been laid at this time, but are being considered.
Sarnia Observer
ONTARIO - Three people have been rushed to hospital following a three-vehicle crash on Highway 40 at Courtright Line this morning.
Two of the motorists are in serious condition, report Lambton OPP.
Police report that police, fire and ambulance were called to the intersection shortly after 7 a.m. Investigation revealed that a Toyota SUV was travelling north on Highway 40 and a Ford minivan, travelling east on Courtright Line, is alleged to have pulled into the path of the SUV.
The two collided in the northbound lane of the intersection. The Ford van skidded into the north east ditch, while the SUV spun around and collided with a Hyundai that was stopped, facing west on Courtright Line.
The occupants of the van sustained serious injuries. Both were initially taken to Bluewater Health, Mitton site for treatment. The teen male passenger was air-lifted to London Health Sciences Centre. The female driver of the SUV sustained what are deemed to be non-life threatening injuries. She was also taken to hospital in Sarnia for treatment. The driver of the Hyundai was not injured.
The intersection will be closed for an extended period of time while OPP and the Technical Collision Investigators conduct their investigation.
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Additional charges laid in double fatality of Shawn McLaughlin and Ciaran Milmine
Brant County OPP Media Release
ONTARIO - The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment have laid charges involving the Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision on Burtch Road that occurred in the early morning hours on the 26th September 2009. The 17 year old male driver of an SUV was taken to the Brantford City Police Service for breath tests on the 26th of September 2009.
Four more charges have been laid by the County of Brant OPP after further investigation of the collision.
- Two Counts of Criminal Negligence Cause Death
- Two Counts of Criminal Negligence Cause Bodily Harm
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Fatal collision reported in Earlton, ON. Victim identified as Joseph Emery, 18
ONTARIO - Temiskaming O.P.P. where called to the scene of a single motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 571 at Tenth Avenue in the Town of Earlton at approximately 9:45 p.m. on October 1st 2009.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as Joseph Emery, 18, of Earlton was pronounced dead at the scene.
His vehicle, a 2000 Chrysler Neon, was southbound on Highway 571 when police say Emery lost control and entered into the east ditch by Tenth Avenue.
Emery was ejected from his vehicle.
The Ontario Provincial Police Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit is continuing their investigation into this collision.
Lack of proper seatbelt use may have contributed to this fatality.
Update: Jayanti Chandra identified as fatality from Monday morning St. John's vehicle-pedestrian incident
CBC.ca
NEWFOUNDLAND - Police have released the name of a woman who died Monday after she was struck by a car on her way to work at a St. John's coffee shop.
Jayanti Chandra, 52, of St. John's, was on Torbay Road, north of the Majors Path intersection, at approximately 6:40 a.m. Monday when she was struck by a southbound vehicle, according to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.
Chandra was brought to the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, where she later died.
She had been walking to the Tim Hortons where she worked when she was hit by a vehicle.
Torbay Road is a major access route for drivers heading into St. John's from nearby municipalities.
The Telegram
St. John's woman dies from injuries caused by early morning vehicle-pedestrian incident
NEWFOUNDLAND - A pedestrian involved in a motor vehicle collision in St. John’s early today has died, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says.
At about 6:40 a.m. today, a vehicle traveling south on Torbay Road collided with a 52-year-old female pedestrian. The pedestrian was rushed to a St. John’s hospital where she later died.
The RNC closed the south-bound lanes of Torbay Road, from Stavanger Drive to Majors Path, while they completed the scene investigation.
The road reopened to traffic shortly before 9 a.m.
RNC Traffic Investigators are continuing to investigate the collision and are seeking the assistance of the general public.
Any person that may have witnessed this collision is asked to contact the RNC Traffic Investigation Unit at 729-8000.
Patricia Boyce remains in jail pending postponed bail hearing. Charged with the impaired driving death of Emily Watts, 17
The Daily Observer
ONTARIO - The bail hearing of a woman charged in connection with a fatal collision that claimed the life of a Petawawa teen has been adjourned for two weeks.
Patricia Boyce, 28, of CFB Petawawa appeared in Pembroke court briefly Monday, but had her bail hearing adjourned until Oct. 19, when her out-of-town counsel is expected to appear.
Ms. Boyce is charged with impaired driving causing death, driving with a blood-alcohol level more than .08 causing death, dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death.
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She has been in custody since Sept. 10.
Just after 10 p. m. that night, 17-year-old Emily Watts was pronounced dead at the scene of a collision on Laurentian Drive.
The collision caused her car to become engulfed in flames. Ms. Watts was the lone occupant of her vehicle.
Surrey bus stop crash victim's family speaks out
ctvbc.ca
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The family of an elderly man who died after being run down at a Surrey, B.C., bus stop expressed anger Monday that no charges have been filed in the case.
A speeding Corvette plowed into Pritam Benning (pictured), 83, on Sept. 17 while he waited for a bus near the corner of 72nd Avenue and 128th Street. Benning later died of his injuries.
The Corvette's 25-year-old driver was arrested and released without charges on a promise to appear in court in January.
His license was suspended for seven months, police said Monday.
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"I'm mad. I'm mad he has not been charged yet. My dad died and nobody has been charged," Benning's son, Amarjit, said in an exclusive interview with CTV News.
Surrey RCMP Sgt. Roger Morrow said it takes time for investigators of fatal traffic collisions to complete their reports.
"These types of collisions, especially where we've got fatal collisions, a number of witnesses, vehicles to examine ... it takes a long time for a traffic analyst's report, to say nothing of the other reports coming in," he said.
Police have said the driver may have been racing another car - possibly a yellow Corvette.
Benning's family appealed for the driver of that other car to come forward.
"For their bit of fun, and somebody innocent loses their life. It shouldn't have to be this way," Amarjit Benning said.
Family members described Benning as an independent senior and beloved great-grandfather.
Benning was never conscious long enough for his family to say goodbye.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Michele Brunoro.
Joyriding boy evades police, then crashes. No license either!
QUEBEC [CTV photo credit] - Police say dangerous driving by an unlicensed 16 year old youth caused a collision on Sanguinet and Berri Sts. in Montreal on Monday evening.
A 16-year-old boy, driving without a valid license, was spotted by police officers around 10:30 pm who became concerned by his erratic driving.
When police tried to pull him over, he blew through several red lights before crashing into a lamppost and hitting the wall of a building.
He suffered only a scratch on the head [Can you imagine if this selfish brat hit a pedestrian?].
The young man had taken his dad's car without permission.
It's not clear what charges the youth will face.
Children injured exiting school bus near Roslin ON
Woodstock Sentinel Review
ONTARIO - Three children were injured, at least one seriously, when they were struck by a car Monday afternoon as they exited a school bus.
The collision happened at 4:16 p.m. southwest of Roslin on Bethel Road just west of Willett Road.
Belleville police Det. Tom Sweet said the eastbound bus had stopped to allow some children to disembark. A westbound Volkswagen car was also stopped, he said, when a tan Nissan Altima driven by a man approached from the west.
Sweet said the Nissan swerved to the left around the Volkswagen, striking the children.
"Two of them were getting off the bus and one was just standing there," said Sweet.
Insp. Mike Graham said their ages were three, eight and 11.
The Nissan then continued along the road's south shoulder past the bus, stopping just behind it. The passenger side of the four-doored car's windshield was left concave and covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The car's front end appeared to have been damaged slightly, and a small dent was visible in its roof.
Graham said little information could be released pending more investigation, but the children's injuries were not life-threatening. No further details were available.
The bus was stopped outside a residential daycare, but police said it wasn't known if the children were clients.
Graham said the paved rural road was wet at the time.
Sweet said the Nissan's driver may have swerved to avoid hitting the stopped Volkswagen, but added it was too early in the investigation to say for certain.
Police closed the road to traffic for several hours while the investigation, which included reconstruction of the collision, was conducted.
North York driver fined after forcing cop off the road
Owen Sound Sun Times
ONTARIO - A North York man was fined $500 Thursday for careless driving for passing a line of cars on a hill and forcing an oncoming police officer off the road.
Rui Zheng, 23, pleaded guilty with the help of a Mandarin interpreter to driving carelessly on Highway 6 at the hamlet of Clavering about 1:20 p. m. on June 12.
Assistant Crown attorney Peter Leger said a police officer driving a cruiser south crested a hill and found Zheng's northbound 2009 Mercedes SLK 330 sports car dead ahead.
About 30 metres separated the pair, so the officer was forced to drive onto the shoulder to avoid a head-on crash, Leger said.
There was a solid yellow line to warn northbound motorists against passing on the hill, but Zheng was passing "several vehicles" there, Leger said.
When defence lawyer Allen Wilford suggested Zheng's lack of experience contributed to his careless driving, Justice Julia Morneau struggled to express her frustration.
"Lack of experience. You don't, Mr. Wilford. No one passes traffic on a hill with solid lines," she said.
"That's egregious driving, terrible driving," Morneau scolded Zheng. "You're being offered a kindness. You should appreciate that. You could have killed any lesser driver."
Morneau noted she's "intimately familiar" with the car Zheng was driving. She has the same model, but older.
She fined him $500, plus a provincial surcharge of $110 for the Highway Traffic Act offence, which was recommended by Crown and defence lawyers. He'll also incur six demerit points on his driving record.
Wilford told the judge that Zheng was not allowed to drive for the past 3 1/2 months on an officer undertaking upon being charged.
In an interview later, Wilford said he doubted the officer's authority to suspend driving until the charges were dealt with, which he said was a factor in the lighter joint submission on sentence.
Initially, Zheng was charged with dangerous driving and stunt driving, but those charges were withdrawn by the Crown after the careless driving charge was laid later.
Mr. Zheng is apparently unable to understand our language, nor our traffic laws. How did he obtain his licence? It was only by the officer's training and awareness that he was able to avoid a potentially deadly collision. Apparently, though, all Mr. Zheng seems to care about is how long he was without the use of his licence. - Peter
Passenger tells court about deadly crash which killed Travis Bromley and Shauna Tobin
Owen Sound Sun Times
COURT: Man faces two charges of dangerous driving causing death
ONTARIO - A survivor of a deadly car crash nearly three years ago told an Owen Sound court yesterday he looked into the back seat of the vehicle after it came to rest near the Meaford military training base to see that two fellow recruits were gone.
Court heard Pte. Kevin Roy was the front-seat passenger in a car driven by Isaac Steven Christink, 35, of Kanata, Ont. on Nov. 10, 2006. Christink faces two counts of dangerous driving causing death.
Travis John Bromley, 18, of Westneath, near Pembroke, and 22-year-old Shauna Jo-Ann Tobin of Glace Bay, N. S. died in the single-vehicle collision that crushed the rear of Christink's 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Christink, now 35, and Roy, now 22, weren't injured, police said at the time.
Family of both deceased recruits sat in the courtroom as the trial started yesterday. At the outset assistant Crown attorney Michael Martin said alcohol impairment would not be used as grounds to demonstrate dangerous driving.
Roy, a mechanic now stationed in CFB Edmonton, said all four recruits left the junior mess hall about 8:40 p. m. All but possibly Bromley had been drinking alcohol there that Friday night, Roy said.
All knew each other after having completed 11 weeks of basic training in St. Jean, Que. They had just been stationed at Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford to be qualified as soldiers.
They got into Christink's new car -- Tobin behind Roy and Bromley behind Christink, who was driving. Roy testified they were going to a downtown Meaford bar at Christink's suggestion.
Upon passing a sign with a posted speed of 70 kilometres per hour, just outside the main military gate, Christink said "This car can reach up to 240 km/h," Roy testified.
Roy said he heard the roar of the engine as Christink shifted through his six-speed transmission "and kept on accelerating after that."
"Nobody was talking much," he said. "Didn't have time."
Roy estimated they were travelling 180 to 200 km/h at an Sbend when the car went out of control. It spun 180 degrees and slammed backwards into a guard rail. The car came to a stop down a hill.
He testified he saw no potholes or anything on the road, such as an animal or any object in the way. Visibility was clear and there was no rain or snow. It was cold and there was a little fog which didn't impair his view, he said.
Roy testified he looked back when the car came to a stop and the passengers weren't there.
Photographs of the gun metal grey car, shown on a screen in the courtroom, showed the front of the car apparently undamaged but the rear crushed.
Roy testified he searched for the passengers on the hill and found one of them. He sent Christink up to the road to call 911. Neither passenger had vital signs when found, he said.
Roy said he didn't get a good look at the speedometer, but he glimpsed at it. The tail end of its needle pointed toward the driver, meaning the front tip would have been pointing at three o'clock, if it were a clock face, he said.
The speedometer didn't have numbers past where the four on a clock would be, he told the Crown.
Roy said he could tell how fast the car was travelling by the sound of the engine, the shifting gears, the speed at which the trees were passing by and his partial view of the speedometer.
Roy also testified he has driven 180 to 200 km/h himself and knows how that feels.
During cross examination by defence lawyer Clayton Conlan, Roy conceded the speed could have been as low as 175 km/h, but not less.
"I say 180 to 200. I've been that speed. I know what it feels like that. I'm very confident."
Conlan questioned why Roy told police he'd had "a couple" of drinks when he testified yesterday it was three. He didn't tell police he'd seen the speedometer at all. And he'd said Bromley had "a couple" of drinks, when yesterday he wasn't sure they contained alcohol.
Roy answered "a couple" was a manner of speech which means two, but he uses it to also mean three.
He got a partial view of the speedometer and so didn't mention it because he could not say precisely what speed it said, Roy told Conlan.
Roy said it was a "two, not even a two-minute drive," between the speed limit sign and the crash, assuming a car was driven at the posted limit.
That night the car travelled the distance in "under 30 seconds," Roy testified.
Outside the courtroom, Travis Bromley's mother, Yolanda Stephens, of Eganville, in Renfrew County, said her son, with marks in the 90s out of high school, could have done anything.
"He just kept saying he just wanted to serve his country and his queen," she said. "He wanted to be on the front lines, of where all the actions was, he said."
"We say he loved life to the fullest. And that's what I tell everyone else to do."
He would come home, give her a big hug and kiss and tell her he loved her. "That's really the biggest part that I am going to miss."
He had one brother and two half-sisters. His parents separated when he was four.
His father, Shane Bromley, said his son was helpful to his friends and was "very much a team player."
Shauna Tobin's sister, Nicole Tobin-Clamp, came from Glace Bay with her husband to see the start of the trial. She had few words to say when asked.
"Just that I miss her," she said, fighting back tears.
The trial, before Superior Court Justice Robert Thompson, continues Wednesday.
Truck involved in woman's death had no defects: police
Hamilton Spectator
ONTARIO - Police will not charge a man in a tragic collision in which he drove over his wife, leading to her death.
They also said the vehicle had no manufacturer's defects that could have caused the collision.
A recall in the U.S. last week included the truck model the man was driving.
George Jusdanis, 78, was backing up the couple's 2009 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in the driveway behind their Upper James Street home on Sept. 25
His wife, Jane, 77, was injured when he drove over her. She died in hospital the next day.
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"The floor mats had no role in this collision at all and there are no defects with the vehicle," Jarvie said.
Update: Saanich teen Jordan Wilson remembered as a friend to all - Questions remain about crash that killed Stelly's student
Victoria Times Colonist
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The day after 17-year-old Jordan Wilson's death in a single-vehicle crash in Central Saanich, friends remembered him for his kindness and outgoing nature.
"Jordan was the kind of guy that there were no lonely people around him," said Lauren Hitchman, 19. "He would talk to everyone and anyone. He was that guy that had no enemies, all friends."
Elyse Rosling, 17, a student at Stelly's Secondary School where she attended classes with Wilson, said he was an avid sportsman and exceptional hockey player.
"He would have graduated with me this year," said a tearful Rosling. "I never heard him get mad. He was all about his friends, and his family. He loved his family."
Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, motorists alerted Central Saanich police to a rolled-over vehicle in the 8000-block of Central Saanich Road, north of Mount Newton Cross Road. The motorists found the teen trapped under the older-model MG convertible.The car was travelling north when it left the road, entered the ditch and flipped.
Ambulance and police from Central Saanich and Sidney attended the crash site. Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Early in the investigation, police said the boy had taken the vehicle without the owner's consent. It appears no other parties were involved in the crash.
Wilson's friends were puzzled to learn through media reports that he had taken a car.
"He had just bought a Jimmy," Hitchman said. "I can't think of why he would have used someone else's car."
A Facebook page applauds Jordan for having made the Vancouver Island Aboriginal Athletes Association hockey team, the Chinook Storm, which represented B.C. in the Western Native Hockey Championship in Saskatoon in April.
Stelly's principal Bruce Frith said that classes were uninterrupted yesterday, however, extra staff had been brought in from the district to help students and staff deal with their loss.
"We have made a safe room for those... that need support," Frith said. "This is a difficult day, but we hope it will serve as a reminder to our students to be careful when they're out there."
By yesterday evening, almost 800 members had signed up for two separate memorial pages set up on Facebook for Wilson.
In the page administered by Wilson's family, they indicate their wish for donations to help fund underprivileged children who want to play hockey, as well as donations to help the family pay for the funeral. Donations may be deposited to the Bank of Nova Scotia account 818936959881, Transit 62570. A service has been arranged for Wilson on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Pauquichin Community Hall on the Pauquichin reserve.
The crash is still under investigation. Anyone who may have information is asked to contact Central Saanich police at 250-652-4441.
See Rip Jordan Wilson to share memories and condolences of Jordan.
Victoria Times Colonist
BRITISH COLUMBIA - A 17-year-old Stelly's Secondary student is dead after the car he was driving flipped and crashed early Sunday morning in Central Saanich.
Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday motorists called Central Saanich police to report that a car had rolled over in the 8000-block of Central Saanich Road, north of Mount Newton Cross Road. The passersby found the teen trapped under the older model MG convertible. He had flipped the car while traveling north on Central Saanich Road after he hit the ditch. The car landed upside down on the road. The boy had taken the convertible without the owner’s consent from a residence in Central Saanich.
The young man was pronounced dead at the scene, attended by ambulance personnel, the Central Saanich Fire Department and police and Sidney North Saanich RCMP. The road was closed for about five hours while the incident was investigated.
No other parties were involved in the crash, and police couldn't say whether alcohol or speed were factors. Central Saanich police are asking any witnesses who may have seen the vehicle on Central Saanich Road to call them at 250-652-4441.
Melanie Alexander pleads not guilty to impaired driving causing death of Jeffrey Cornect
Truro Daily News
Pre-trial conference scheduled for Nov 13th
NEWFOUNDLAND - A woman charged with impaired driving causing death after a crash in western Newfoundland has pleaded not guilty.
Melanie Alexander, 27, of Piccadilly, N.L., is also charged with driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit.
A crash in August 2007 killed 23-year-old Jeffrey Cornect of Felix Cove, N.L.
A vehicle left the road on the Port au Port Peninsula, rolling and landing on its roof.
Alexander was arraigned Monday and entered not guilty pleas to both charges.
A pre-trial conference will be held Nov. 13.