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Dangerous Driving

West Kelowna mom says B.C. Transit is preventing her from filing complaint

KELOWNA – A local mother says B.C. Transit has brushed aside her complaints one of their drivers verbally abused her and another was driving dangerously. Carrie Watson, 43, had just left an event at the Parkinson Recreation Centre with her five-year-old daughter the evening of Aug. 29. They boarded the 97 bus headed downtown where...

Dangerous driver who left Vernon nurse paralyzed sent to prison

“I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE WORSE THAN JAIL”: NURSE VERNON - An accident of some kind was inevitable the night a Vernon woman’s life changed forever, court heard during a sentence hearing for the man who ran into her car and fled the scene. Michael Timothy George Heeley, 22, was driving recklessly before...

Mountie acquitted on dangerous driving charges

SALMON ARM - A mountie on trial for dangerous driving in relation to the death of a Cherryville woman has been acquitted, according to court documents. Micah Chan, born in 1977, was charged with one count of dangerous driving after a short chase that ended with the death of 21-year-old Courtenay Eggen. The charge was laid...

Three years in jail for dangerous driving killing two passengers

"I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT EMPHASIZE THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF MR. FEDAN'S ACTIONS." KAMLOOPS – Moral blameworthiness was the principle a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice used to sentence a man guilty of killing two passengers with his dangerous driving to three years in jail. In addition to jail time, Justice Deborah Kloegman...

Man who killed two passengers after driving dangerously to get jail time

KAMLOOPS – In final submissions before Wayne Fedan is sentenced for two convictions of dangerous driving causing the deaths of Brittany Plotnikoff and Ken Craigdallie, both Crown and defence counsel called for jail sentences of no more than three years. “Human life can never really be valued or assigned a price... not just one, but...

Police identify man found dead on Skaha Lake Road

PENTICTON - RCMP have identified a man found dead along Skaha Lake Road early Tuesday morning. He was Scott Michaud, 28, of Penticton. Michaud was found lying in the south bound curb lane on Skaha Lake Road near Lee Avenue. Police say Michaud's injuries are consistent with being struck by a vehicle and it appears...

Police swap suspects in hit and run case

KELOWNA – Charges have been dropped against a Kelowna man accused of critically injuring a paper carrier while fleeing from police and RCMP have arrested a new suspect. Nathan Fahl, 24, was riding in a vehicle with two other people Dec. 6, 2013 when they allegedly tried to avoid a police road check on Springfield...