Close X
Sunday, November 17, 2024
ADVT 
National

B.C. Driver Accused In Cyclist's Death Denies He Caused Crash On Highway 99

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Nov, 2015 11:25 AM
    VANCOUVER — The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed two cyclists on a British Columbia highway is denying responsibility for the crash.
     
    Samuel Alec says in court documents that the death of cyclist Ross Chafe on Highway 99 near Pemberton last May was not due to his negligence.
     
    Chafe's wife, Lizanne Bussieres, has sued both the owner of the vehicle and Alec, whom she alleges was impaired at the time of the collision.
     
     
    Alec has filed court documents blaming the incident on Chafe.
     
    Cyclist Kelly Blunden and vehicle passenger Paul Pierre Jr. were also killed in the collision.
     
    The Insurance Corp. of British Columbia has filed documents in B.C. Supreme Court, also accusing Chafe of responsibility for his own death.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Vancouver Indigenous History Exhibition Wins Governor General's Award

    Vancouver Indigenous History Exhibition Wins Governor General's Award
    The exhibit combines artifacts and new technologies such as 3-D printing at three different locations to tell the story of the ancient Musqueam villages and burial sites that Vancouver was built on.

    Vancouver Indigenous History Exhibition Wins Governor General's Award

    Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin Suggests Using Electronic Media To Help End Aboriginal Stereotypes

    Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin Suggests Using Electronic Media To Help End Aboriginal Stereotypes
    Beverley McLachlin told an administration of justice conference in Saskatoon that media have been used to shape a certain perception of indigenous people, sometimes in very negative ways.

    Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin Suggests Using Electronic Media To Help End Aboriginal Stereotypes

    Umbrella Identified As Suspected Firearm That Prompted Fredericton School Lockdowns

    Umbrella Identified As Suspected Firearm That Prompted Fredericton School Lockdowns
    Police in Fredericton say a suspected firearm being carried by a man in the city this morning turned out to be an umbrella.

    Umbrella Identified As Suspected Firearm That Prompted Fredericton School Lockdowns

    Saskatoon Police Clearing Path To Solution Of Big Snowblower Theft

    Saskatoon Police Clearing Path To Solution Of Big Snowblower Theft
    Police in Saskatoon are swept up in an investigation into the theft early Wednesday morning of $25,000 worth of new snowblowers.

    Saskatoon Police Clearing Path To Solution Of Big Snowblower Theft

    Lockdown Lifted At Wilfrid Laurier University After Online Threat

    Lockdown Lifted At Wilfrid Laurier University After Online Threat
    The university's Waterloo, Ont., campus was closed early Friday morning and students and faculty were told to stay away.

    Lockdown Lifted At Wilfrid Laurier University After Online Threat

    Crown Wants 4-5 Years Prison For Man, Found Guilty In Deadly Toronto Scaffolding Collapse

    Crown Wants 4-5 Years Prison For Man, Found Guilty In Deadly Toronto Scaffolding Collapse
    Vadim Kazenelson was found guilty in June on four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

    Crown Wants 4-5 Years Prison For Man, Found Guilty In Deadly Toronto Scaffolding Collapse