The families of six employees killed in the Eastway Tank explosion poured out their collective grief in emotional victim impact statements heard in court. The company will be fined for the explosion that occurred at a truck repair plant in Ottawa, resulting in the deaths of six people.
The families of six employees killed in the Eastway Tank explosion poured out their collective grief Friday as they remembered their loved ones in emotion-charged victim impact statements heard in court.and will be handed a fine for the explosion that killed six people at a truck repair plant in Ottawa .Tracy Pritchard, the daughter of Rick Bastien, 57, a mechanic and welder, said she’s haunted by thoughts of what her father and his co-workers went through on the afternoon of Jan. 13, 2022.
Clement was flown by air ambulance to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after the explosion. He was in an induced coma for days in the hospital’s burn unit and woke up to learn of the deaths of his co-workers. In the months before her son’s death, Schade said, she often prayed for his safety. She lost her faith when she realized her prayers had not been heard.Celeste Mabiala remembered her father, Etienne, 59, an electrician and airplane engineer, as a gentle and patient genius. She said his loss was profoundly difficult.
In her victim impact statement, Tara Henderson said no one could make her laugh like her sister, 26-year-old Kayla Ferguson, whom she called “my confidant, my partner in every adventure, my source of strength.”
Eastway Tank Explosion Victims Grief Court Fine Truck Repair Plant Ottawa
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