Cory Robert Brown, 28, was sentenced Friday for a July 2022 crash at 10th Avenue and Sixth Street that killed Vancouver's Samir Oliyad Suleiman Ali, 18, and Burnaby's Yasbirat Mesfin Ytatek, 17.
A Vancouver judge didn't mince words describing the "appalling" driving record of a 28-year old man who killed two teens when his car slammed into theirs on the Burnaby-New Westminster border two years ago.
Metrotown Vancouver Transit Police had tried to pull Brown over at about 11 p.m. that night after they saw him driving "erratically," but Brown didn't stop; instead, he turned down 10th Avenue and sped off, reaching speeds of up to 165 km/h before the crash, according to agreed facts presented in court.
"His conduct since the offence, including another dangerous driving offence, demonstrates that even after this horrific tragedy, he either has not or cannot make the changes required to ensure that this does not happen again," B.C. provincial court Judge Patricia Bond said during Brown's sentencing.
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