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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A second person has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a Winnipeg cyclist in June, police say. A 19-year-old man had previously been charged in the incident, which saw a 61-year-old cyclist struck by a BMW on Wellington Crescent …
Read More »Two dead, one injured in weekend pedestrian-vehicle collisions in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police are investigating a string of vehicle collisions over the weekend. On Aug. 9 around 9:45 p.m., police responded to Smithfield Avenue and Main Street, where a 57-year-old man had been struck by a vehicle when crossing at a red light. …
Read More »Ontario man gets prison time in hit-and-run that nearly killed teen cyclist
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nearly five years after a brutal hit-and-run crash in London, Ont., that forever changed the lives of the Roby family, the man behind the wheel has been sentenced. Jesse Bleck, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday to a total of four-and-a-half years in …
Read More »Ontario mom calls courtroom statement ‘slap in the face’ to her dying son
The mother of a teenage boy who was horrifically injured in a hit-and-run crash just weeks before his 18th birthday believes her son, now almost 23, is just “holding on for this trial.” Abby Roby shared her thoughts outside court in London, Ont., on Tuesday after the defence made additional …
Read More »‘Cowardly option’: Family of woman killed in Toronto hit-and-run want lengthy sentence – Toronto
The family of the 29-year-old woman who was killed in a hit-and-run in Toronto two years ago is hoping the driver responsible receives a lengthier sentence. On Friday in an Ontario court room, the judge ruling over the sentencing of the driver who struck and killed Erin Yoxall, originally from …
Read More »Police release video of suspect involved in fatal Mississauga hit-and-run – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peel Regional Police have released a surveillance video that shows a driver fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and-run in Mississauga that killed a 58-year-old man in August. On Friday, Aug. 18 at around 11 p.m., a male pedestrian was crossing mid-block …
Read More »Driver that killed pedestrian on Toronto sidewalk and fled has been charged – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say the driver who fatally struck a man, who was laying on the ground, and fled the scene last month has been charged. Police said the pedestrian-involved collision happened around Wellington and Scott streets, just east of Yonge Street, at …
Read More »2 teens injured, 1 critically, after hit-and-run in Caledon: OPP – Toronto
Two teenagers are injured, one of them critically, after they were hit by a vehicle while walking in Caledon on Tuesday, police say. The vehicle reportedly did not remain at the scene. Ontario Provincial Police said officers responded to the scene on Albion Vaughan Road near Queensgate Boulevard shortly after …
Read More »Woman hit by truck near Dugald, Man. died prior to collision, autopsy shows – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman who was hit by a truck near Dugald, Man., early Thursday morning was already dead from an earlier hit-and-run, an RCMP investigation revealed. Beausejour RCMP have identified the woman, first thought to be a teen, as a 27-year-old woman from …
Read More »Mother of Brampton family injured in hit-and-run demands reform of bail and sentencing
Sam Ritchie is getting used to apartment living, one day after being released from St. John’s rehab. The single mother spent a month at St. John’s after two weeks at Sunnybrook hospital, where she was treated for multiples fractures and a traumatic brain injury she suffered when she and her …
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