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Dangerous Driving
Kelowna RCMP arrest dangerous driver, appeal for dash-cam footage
Kelowna RCMP are seeking dash-cam footage following multiple complaints and the arrest of a dangerous…
Novice motorcyclist caught doing 209 km/h on Coquihalla Highway
An 18-year-old Chilliwack man is facing multiple charges after he was nabbed by the RCMP’s…
iN VIDEO: Trucker involved in reckless driving incident north of Kamloops avoids punishment
An Alberta trucker who almost caused a head-on collision by overtaking on a solid double…
Majority of BC residents agree residential speed limit should be 30 km/h: poll
More than 60 per cent of British Columbians surveyed want to see residential speed limits…
Dangerous driver arrested in high-risk takedown in Shuswap
Salmon Arm RCMP in collaboration with Golden, Revelstoke and Sicamous RCMP arrested a dangerous driver…
Audi and Porsche caught doing more than 200 km/h on Highway 1 in Chilliwack
Two drivers were caught driving double the speed limit on Highway 1 in Chilliwack by…
Conviction thrown out for man accused of driving into Vernon firefighter
VERNON - A man convicted of dangerous driving causing bodily harm will have his case heard again due to a technicality. Ian Douglas Burns, 28, was found guilty of hitting BX/Swan Lake firefighter Stephan Hidasi with his truck, but a judge has now deemed that ruling null because court procedures weren’t followed. Crown spokesperson Neil...
Bizarre crime spree involving arson, dangerous driving nets Kamloops man four months in jail
KAMLOOPS - A local man says he was going through a ‘very traumatic year’ before he went on a bizarre crime spree which involved playing chicken with fellow drivers and setting a man’s truck on fire. Kamloops Provincial Court Judge Chris Cleaveley sentenced David Kevin Moen, 46, to roughly four months in jail after he...
Guilty verdict for dangerous driver who hit Vernon firefighter with truck
VERNON - A man has been found guilty of hitting a North Okanagan firefighter with his truck. Ian Douglas Burns, 28, was convicted of dangerous driving causing bodily harm in connection with the June 26, 2013 incident this week in Vernon Provincial Court. The victim, Stephan Hidasi, a firefighter with the BX/Swan Lake Fire Department,...
Charges pending against erratic Kelowna driver who side-swiped cars on route to Vernon
‘HE TOLD POLICE HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS BEING STOPPED’ VERNON - Charges of dangerous driving and possession of a controlled substance are being recommended against a Kelowna man who went on a wild drive from Lake Country to Vernon last week. The 38-year-old was arrested in downtown Vernon after making his way from...
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...