[Newsbot]

Title: 2 Whistler cyclists, 1 passenger killed in crash north of Pemberton
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: andyt
Date: 2015-06-01 09:39:09
Canadian

[andyt]

That's a steep hill the cyclists were coming down, steep and very tight curves. The vehicle would have been going slowly, so I guess the speed of the cyclists is what was severe enough to kill a passenger in the vehicle. Like hitting a moose at speed.

Lousy drunks. So many people can't handle the booze, yet we demonize other drugs but treat booze as no big thing.

[martin14]

Typical.

Cyclists dead, car passenger dead, and the fucking son of a bitch who REALLY DESERVES to die
is still alive.

[Caelon]

I looked at the picture and noticed there were no shoulders on the road. The surviving cyclist says the other two were going at a high rate of speed and disappeared around the bend. With no eye witness is it possible the cyclists crossed the centre line? They were traveling at a high rate of speed and may not have been able to negotiate the curve on the inside and could have drifted over the centre line. The driver being impaired would have had delayed reaction time to brake or avoid the collision. If not at fault his intoxication would still be a contributing factor.

[andyt]

The driver is the one who crossed into the oncoming lane.

[martin14]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.3097680

$1:

The driver has a history of previous convictions for impaired driving and driving when his licence was suspended.

February 2007: Arrested for impaired driving in Fort St. John and convicted later that year. Sentenced in 2008 to a one-year driving prohibition.
December 2008: Arrested for driving with a suspended licence in Lillooet. Sentenced in 2010 to 30 days in jail and a three-year driving prohibition.
October 2009: Arrested for impaired driving in Lillooet. Sentenced in 2010 to 60 days in jail and a three-year driving prohibition.
April 2011: Arrested for operating a motor vehicle while disqualified in Lillooet. Sentenced later that year to 45 days in jail and a three-year driving prohibition.
March 2014: Arrested for driving with a blood alcohol level over .08, and operating a motor vehicle while disqualified. Sentenced in October 2014 to 144 days in jail and a three-year driving prohibition on the first count, and 120 days in jail on the second count.

Another system fail. Thank you judges.