Close X
Monday, November 11, 2024
ADVT 
National

Group Were Playing Around Before School Bus Hit And Killed Teen: Witness

The Canadian Press, 09 Sep, 2015 11:15 AM
    SYDNEY, N.S. — A teen who saw his friend killed after he was hit by a school bus outside a high school in Sydney, N.S., last winter told police in a videotaped statement that he didn't think the accused meant to do it.
     
    The videotape testimony came on the second day of the trial of a 15-year-old boy charged with criminal negligence causing death.
     
    In previous testimony, the witness who cannot be identified said he didn't remember telling police after the incident that the 18-year-old victim, Chris Chafe, had asked what would happen if he was pushed in front of the bus.
     
    He also said he couldn't remember being interviewed by police.
     
    In the video, the boy says a group of teens were playing around and pushing each other outside Sydney Academy on Feb. 11 when the incident happened.
     
    He says Chafe made the statement about being pushed before being shoved by the defendant, but adds the boy didn't mean to push Chafe over a snowbank and into the bus.
     
    The witness told police he didn't think the defendant saw the bus coming because he was blocking the other teen's view.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Manitoba Government Adds Support Money For Syrian Refugees

    Premier Greg Selinger says an extra $40,000 is being given to settlement service providers in the province, so that they can accommodate hundreds more refugees in the coming months.

    Manitoba Government Adds Support Money For Syrian Refugees

    First Byelection Since NDP Victory In Alberta Goes To Wildrose Party

    First Byelection Since NDP Victory In Alberta Goes To Wildrose Party
    Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, a former Conservative MP under Harper, told party supporters to take a short breather before getting back to the campaign grind.

    First Byelection Since NDP Victory In Alberta Goes To Wildrose Party

    Conservative Yukon Election Candidate Makes Late-night Arrest Of Sign Vandal

    Conservative Yukon Election Candidate Makes Late-night Arrest Of Sign Vandal
    WHITEHORSE — A Conservative federal election candidate in Yukon donned in camouflage gear emerged from the bush on a dark, rainy night to catch someone vandalizing his campaign signs.

    Conservative Yukon Election Candidate Makes Late-night Arrest Of Sign Vandal

    Judge Reserves Decision On Challenge Of Montana's Execution Methods

    Judge Reserves Decision On Challenge Of Montana's Execution Methods
    CALGARY — A judge has reserved his decision on a constitutional challenge of Montana's execution methods that is likely to impact a Canadian on death row there.

    Judge Reserves Decision On Challenge Of Montana's Execution Methods

    No 300,000 Fine For NHL Owner Who Damaged B.c. Fish Habitat: B.c. Supreme Court

    Tom Gaglardi and his company, Northland Properties, were convicted in provincial court in August 2014 on two counts each of harmful alteration of a fish habitat.

    No 300,000 Fine For NHL Owner Who Damaged B.c. Fish Habitat: B.c. Supreme Court

    Drowned Refugee Boy Aylan Kurdi, His Brother & Mother Buried In Syrian Hometown Of Kobani They Fled

    Drowned Refugee Boy Aylan Kurdi, His Brother & Mother Buried In Syrian Hometown Of Kobani They Fled
    With the burial, Abdullah Kurdi abandoned any plans of leaving his homeland again.

    Drowned Refugee Boy Aylan Kurdi, His Brother & Mother Buried In Syrian Hometown Of Kobani They Fled