A teen driver who struck and killed a young brother and sister playing at the edge of their driveway last spring was sentenced to one year in an open custody youth facility on Monday.
The driver, who was 16 at the time of the incident and cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was also sentenced to six months supervision in the community following the one year in open custody.Monday’s sentence was delivered a little less than a year after the driver lost control of his father’s Mercedes while travelling at a speed of over 100 km/h on Athabasca Drive in Vaughan, according to an agreed statement of facts.
The siblings were rushed to hospital in critical condition, while the neighbour sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The driver, now 17, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm on Dec. 1, 2021. “The five of us were in our comfort zone [the day of the crash], in our front yard of our home. We were at ease, we felt safe, and unexpecting of the horror that was about to unfold in front of our eyes,” Binta said through tears.
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