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Sentence to come in Canadian fatal highway accident
A case that has drawn out raw emotions across Canada will be coming to a conclusion on Thursday.
Superior Court Judge Elaine Perrault in Quebec is expected to announce the sentence for 26-year-old Emma Czornobaj, a motorist who stopped her car in the left lane of a highway in the Montreal area in 2010 to check on some ducklings on the road, leading to the death of a motorcyclist and his teen daughter.
Though the maximum sentences for the crimes for which Czornobaj has been convicted are life in prison, thousands of people have signed petitions asking for leniency for Czornobaj. But the family of the motorcyclist Andre Roy, then 50, and Jessie Roy, 16, who rode on the back of the motorcycle, have said Czornobaj did not show remorse or apologize to them in a timely way when she had the opportunity.
Reached Tuesday night at home, Pauline Volikakis, Andre Roy's wife and Jessie Roy's mother, said she had no comment on the case. "I'll wait to see what's going on," Volikakis said, referring to the judge's announcement.
Defense lawyer Marc Labelle did not respond to voice mail messages left with his office. Labelle has said that his client "was stupid" but did not act under any ill will.
On June 27, 2010, Czornobaj was driving westbound along Highway 30 in Candiac, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, when she came upon about seven ducklings in the road. She stopped her Honda Civic in the left lane of the highway to make sure the ducklings were OK. While she was stopped, Roy's motorcycle crashed into the rear of her car.
Czornobaj initially told police she had her hazard lights on, but witnesses testified in court that she did not, according to the National Post.
An expert with the Quebec national police, the Surete du Quebec, estimated that Roy was driving his motorcycle at about 65 miles-per-hour when he struck the back of Czornobaj's Honda Civic, according to the National Post. Andre Roy died immediately and Jessie Roy died later at a hospital.
The case has stirred emotions in Canada. Thousands of people have signed a petition on the website Change.org asking for leniency for Czornobaj, and a recent editorial declared that punishing Czornobaj would not bring back the father and daughter killed.
But the family of the victims have said Czornobaj has not shown compassion toward them. Though Czornobaj publicly apologized to the family in July, she never did in person when she had the chance, Volikakis said.
"She never once tried to contact me," Volikakis said, explaining she once ran into Czornobaj in a restroom during the trial. "She held a straight face and looked the other way," Volikakis said.
Czornobaj's mother, Mary Hogan, said during a hearing that the incident had changed her daughter.
"It was something she couldn't talk about or share with us at all," Hogan said. "She just couldn't accept that it had happened."
On June 20, almost four years to the day of the fatal accident, a Canadian jury found Czornobaj guilty of two counts of criminal negligence causing death, which carries a maximum life sentence, and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle leading to death, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
The prosector, Annie Claude Chasse, asked that Czornobaj serve nine months in prison and 240 hours of community service. Labelle agreed with the community service but asked that Czornobaj served no jail time.
Volikakis told Canada's National Post that she had never received an apology from Czornobaj.
Czornobaj's mother, Mary Hogan, told the National Post that her daughter was on the dean's list and headed for a successful life when the accident happened. Now, now one will hire her. "It changed who she was at her very core," Hogan told the news organization.
A case that has drawn out raw emotions across Canada will be coming to a conclusion on Thursday.
Superior Court Judge Elaine Perrault in Quebec is expected to announce the sentence for 26-year-old Emma Czornobaj, a motorist who stopped her car in the left lane of a highway in the Montreal area in 2010 to check on some ducklings on the road, leading to the death of a motorcyclist and his teen daughter.
Though the maximum sentences for the crimes for which Czornobaj has been convicted are life in prison, thousands of people have signed petitions asking for leniency for Czornobaj. But the family of the motorcyclist Andre Roy, then 50, and Jessie Roy, 16, who rode on the back of the motorcycle, have said Czornobaj did not show remorse or apologize to them in a timely way when she had the opportunity.
Reached Tuesday night at home, Pauline Volikakis, Andre Roy's wife and Jessie Roy's mother, said she had no comment on the case. "I'll wait to see what's going on," Volikakis said, referring to the judge's announcement.
Defense lawyer Marc Labelle did not respond to voice mail messages left with his office. Labelle has said that his client "was stupid" but did not act under any ill will.
On June 27, 2010, Czornobaj was driving westbound along Highway 30 in Candiac, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, when she came upon about seven ducklings in the road. She stopped her Honda Civic in the left lane of the highway to make sure the ducklings were OK. While she was stopped, Roy's motorcycle crashed into the rear of her car.
Czornobaj initially told police she had her hazard lights on, but witnesses testified in court that she did not, according to the National Post.
An expert with the Quebec national police, the Surete du Quebec, estimated that Roy was driving his motorcycle at about 65 miles-per-hour when he struck the back of Czornobaj's Honda Civic, according to the National Post. Andre Roy died immediately and Jessie Roy died later at a hospital.
The case has stirred emotions in Canada. Thousands of people have signed a petition on the website Change.org asking for leniency for Czornobaj, and a recent editorial declared that punishing Czornobaj would not bring back the father and daughter killed.
But the family of the victims have said Czornobaj has not shown compassion toward them. Though Czornobaj publicly apologized to the family in July, she never did in person when she had the chance, Volikakis said.
"She never once tried to contact me," Volikakis said, explaining she once ran into Czornobaj in a restroom during the trial. "She held a straight face and looked the other way," Volikakis said.
Czornobaj's mother, Mary Hogan, said during a hearing that the incident had changed her daughter.
"It was something she couldn't talk about or share with us at all," Hogan said. "She just couldn't accept that it had happened."
On June 20, almost four years to the day of the fatal accident, a Canadian jury found Czornobaj guilty of two counts of criminal negligence causing death, which carries a maximum life sentence, and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle leading to death, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
The prosector, Annie Claude Chasse, asked that Czornobaj serve nine months in prison and 240 hours of community service. Labelle agreed with the community service but asked that Czornobaj served no jail time.
Volikakis told Canada's National Post that she had never received an apology from Czornobaj.
Czornobaj's mother, Mary Hogan, told the National Post that her daughter was on the dean's list and headed for a successful life when the accident happened. Now, now one will hire her. "It changed who she was at her very core," Hogan told the news organization.
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Thats kinda old news Busy.
The case has gone to trial and she was convicted.
We are now waiting for the judges decision on the penalty.
Many people are very upset about this at both ends of the spectrum.
Some are adamant that she should get 20 years, others say she was just being kind to animals and should walk.
Just hold your horses and wait and see what the judges says.
The case has gone to trial and she was convicted.
We are now waiting for the judges decision on the penalty.
Many people are very upset about this at both ends of the spectrum.
Some are adamant that she should get 20 years, others say she was just being kind to animals and should walk.
Just hold your horses and wait and see what the judges says.
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We don't have nearly as much shit to deal with, unlike you 'Muricans.
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No.
There's lots to consider.
Like the speed she was travelling at to make a complete stop for the ducks, same for the motorcyclist... Who evidently was going what, 65? That's a pretty slow speed for a highway...And if she allegedly had hazards on and he failed to yield to them, then it was on his account too.
Honestly, on an open stretch highway, how can you not see ducks? As the average speed on our highway's about 110-130 km/hour (which is varied).
I personally don't think she deserves life, because another person on the same road was following that closely to her that he'd end up rear ending her...
I think it's cause there was a minor involved...
Wrongful death maybe...but she definitely didn't fully contribute to their deaths. Had she pulled into the right lane, who's to say they still wouldn't of rear ended her?
There's lots to consider.
Like the speed she was travelling at to make a complete stop for the ducks, same for the motorcyclist... Who evidently was going what, 65? That's a pretty slow speed for a highway...And if she allegedly had hazards on and he failed to yield to them, then it was on his account too.
Honestly, on an open stretch highway, how can you not see ducks? As the average speed on our highway's about 110-130 km/hour (which is varied).
I personally don't think she deserves life, because another person on the same road was following that closely to her that he'd end up rear ending her...
I think it's cause there was a minor involved...
Wrongful death maybe...but she definitely didn't fully contribute to their deaths. Had she pulled into the right lane, who's to say they still wouldn't of rear ended her?
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From the pics I saw and what I read she stopped in the travel lane, another car was behind her, swerved and the cycle was behine that and never had a chance...she is a dumbass...shooing ducks off a freeway...ffs
A jury decided she was guilty as charged, its up to a judge to determine penalty
A jury decided she was guilty as charged, its up to a judge to determine penalty
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Well duh, even if it were a beaver, moose, or a deer
And she should do a country-wide tour advocating rights for animals crossing highways in the middle of the night.
Also, create a campaign against crazy motorcyclists.
Clearly.
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Well duh, even if it were a beaver, moose, or a deer
And she should do a country-wide tour advocating rights for animals crossing highways in the middle of the night.
Also, create a campaign against crazy motorcyclists.
Clearly.
Clearly
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Well there ya go.
Just came out
She got 90 days, 240 hours community service and can't drive for 10 years.
They say the 90 days will likekly be served weekends, for those that don't know the Monday to Friday that she is out also counts when counting the 90 days.
I can understand the no driving for ten year because as they say, you can't fix stupid.
Just came out
She got 90 days, 240 hours community service and can't drive for 10 years.
They say the 90 days will likekly be served weekends, for those that don't know the Monday to Friday that she is out also counts when counting the 90 days.
I can understand the no driving for ten year because as they say, you can't fix stupid.
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