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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...

Vernon man admits guilt in car crash: nurse left paralyzed

VERNON - A Vernon man has pleaded guilty to causing a car crash that left a local nurse paralyzed from the neck down. Robin Orcherton, a Vernon nurse and mother, was on her way home from work Dec. 3, 2014 when her car was struck by a blue Jeep. The driver fled the scene and...