Humboldt Broncos Involved in Bus Crash

[RUPERTKBD]

Update on Ryan Straschnitzki:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/news/a-hockey-player-involved-in-a-fatal-crash-is-walking-again-for-the-first-time-video/ar-AANJDbZ?li=AAggNb9

 

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A Humboldt Broncos hockey player paralyzed in the 2018 tragedy has taken his first steps since the fatal bus crash.

In a video posted to Twitter on August 24, Ryan Straschnitzki is seen holding onto a walker while someone helps to move his legs.

"Little rough start for first time using a walker to walk but can only get better from here" he wrote on the video on his Instagram story.

Back in June, Straschnitzki used a walker to stand for the first time, so the fact that he's taking his first steps so soon after is pretty impressive.

We can't wait to see what he does next, and we're all cheering him on.

First steps....

 

Video in the link.

Edited August 26, 2021 by RUPERTKBD

[Gurn]

People like this young man, should end up in critical and very important careers.

The dedication, perseverance and just flat out courage, can be very useful in shaping their, and our, futures.

[Gurn]

Seemed like an ok place for this story-

Driver sentenced in crash that killed one person.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/tragic-loss-of-a-young-innocent-life-b-c-trucker-sentenced-for-fatal-2016-crash/ar-AAPu2hS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A B.C. trucker who killed another motorist when he failed to negotiate a curve in the highway in July 2016 was sentenced to three years in prison and will be suspended for driving for five years.

 

Myles Regan Parsons, 61, was convicted of dangerous driving causing death after a four-day trial in February. He was sentenced in a Rossland courtroom in September, though the written decision wasn’t released until Tuesday.

The Aldergrove man was pulling two trailers loaded with crushed vehicles westbound on Highway 3B east of Fruitvale, B.C., when he entered a curve in the highway at an excessive speed, wrote Justice Gordon Weatherill of the British Columbia Supreme Court in the decision.

“That caused his trailers and the load they were carrying to spill onto the highway and strike a pickup truck that was travelling in the opposite direction,” Weatherill wrote.

“The driver of the pickup truck, Michael McIssac, was killed in the accident.”

In his decision, Weatherill said the posted speed limit when travelling westbound for the right-hand curve was 70 km/h with an advisory speed for the curve of 60 km/h. The road surface was clean and bare, with asphalt shoulders lining the gravel road edge. The weather was clear with a temperature of around 25 C.

There was plenty of notice for the reduced speed limit, Weatherill noted, but evidence accepted at trial indicated that Parsons was travelling at 94 km/h at the time of the fatal crash. There was no sign of drugs or alcohol at the scene, nor was an electronic device being used.

“Mr. Parsons was a professional driver at the time of the offence and ... professional drivers are under a heavier obligation and greater responsibility than non-professional drivers,” Weatherill said.

He added that Parsons has a poor driving record with 46 infractions including 22 speed-related, one driving without due care, and one driving without consideration, and two 24-hour driving prohibitions.

Dangerous driving causing death carries no minimum sentence, but has a maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment, though the Crown sought a 3.5-year to five-year sentence and 10-year driving prohibition, highlighting the sentence for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver of a transport truck involved in the deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos. He pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

“Sentencing any offender is both a difficult and unpleasant task. I have given the circumstances of this case as well as the submissions of counsel considerable thought,” Weatherill said.

“This is not a case where Mr. Parsons failed to take reasonable steps to avoid an existing risk. Rather, in my view, it is a case where he created the risk by driving his loaded tractor-trailer unit at an excessive speed as it entered a relatively sharp curve in the highway despite having been warned by highway signage to reduce his speed. ... The outcome was the tragic loss of a young innocent life and the devastating impact that loss has had on his family and his friends.”

Video: Determining ‘appropriate’ sentence for Humboldt bus crash truck driver

Given the “nature and seriousness of the offence,” Weatherill opted for the three-year prison term, which he said would meet objectives of deterrence and denunciation.

Parsons and his wife of 20 years share four children and have a two-year-old grandchild. He is the primary breadwinner in his household and expressed remorse, and suicidal thoughts, in the aftermath of the crash.

 

[Gurn]

2 things really pop out of that story:

1- The driver had " a poor driving record with 46 infractions including 22 speed-related, one driving without due care, and one driving without consideration, and two 24-hour driving prohibitions.'

HOW THE HELL DID HE MANAGE TO KEEP A PROFFESIONAL LICENCE WITH A RECORD LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!

 

2- 5 YEARS TO GET THROUGH TRIAL AND SENTENCING IS WAY TOO LONG!

[Gurn]

Trucker in trouble for dangerous driving- on the only route that was open into Vancouver.

Moron could have closed that highway down for hours

Passing another semi, on a double yellow while coming out of a curve.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/news/trucker-s-reckless-driving-on-a-major-bc-highway-left-police-officer-speechless-video/ar-AARrDX3?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A trucker was spotted driving in a "reckless" manner on a B.C. highway in a video taken by another driver.

 

The video, which shows a truck driving on Highway 5A, was posted on Twitter on December 2.

In the video, the truck can be seen crossing the double yellow lines to pass other vehicles, including another truck, as the narrow stretch of road curves to the right.

The video shows the truck swerving a bit before deciding to cross the double line.

BC Transportation replied to the video, indicating that it would look into the incident.

 

The highway where the incident unfolded runs from Princeton to Merritt, making it the only way out of the Lower Mainland that day due to flooding.

In response to the video, Cpl. Mike Halskov, a spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol, said: "I'm speechless," in an interview with CTV.

In a press conference on Thursday Minister of Transportation Rob Fleming addressed Highway 3, which is open for essential travel and truck traffic, and reminded drivers to be safe.

"I want to take this opportunity to remind all drivers, especially truck drivers who may be unfamiliar with this route, to please drive with caution at all times."

“We can’t control the weather, obviously, but we can control how we drive and we need to keep Highway 3 free of accidents,” he added.

 

[JM_]

Just now, gurn said:

Trucker in trouble for dangerous driving- on the only route that was open into Vancouver.

Moron could have closed that highway down for hours

Passing another semi, on a double yellow while coming out of a curve.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/news/trucker-s-reckless-driving-on-a-major-bc-highway-left-police-officer-speechless-video/ar-AARrDX3?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A trucker was spotted driving in a "reckless" manner on a B.C. highway in a video taken by another driver.

 

The video, which shows a truck driving on Highway 5A, was posted on Twitter on December 2.

In the video, the truck can be seen crossing the double yellow lines to pass other vehicles, including another truck, as the narrow stretch of road curves to the right.

The video shows the truck swerving a bit before deciding to cross the double line.

BC Transportation replied to the video, indicating that it would look into the incident.

 

The highway where the incident unfolded runs from Princeton to Merritt, making it the only way out of the Lower Mainland that day due to flooding.

In response to the video, Cpl. Mike Halskov, a spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol, said: "I'm speechless," in an interview with CTV.

In a press conference on Thursday Minister of Transportation Rob Fleming addressed Highway 3, which is open for essential travel and truck traffic, and reminded drivers to be safe.

"I want to take this opportunity to remind all drivers, especially truck drivers who may be unfamiliar with this route, to please drive with caution at all times."

“We can’t control the weather, obviously, but we can control how we drive and we need to keep Highway 3 free of accidents,” he added.

 

I've seen empty logging trucks do this kind of thing, those guys are as crazy as roofers. Never a semi tho.

[Gurn]

I guessing, but it seems unlikely the driver made passing arrangement with the other truckers via C.B. or the fellow that taped this would not have shown it to Highway guys?

Stretching things a bit, but if he closed that highway even for a day; it would have had a serious impact on everything in the lower mainland.

I wonder if there was even a tow truck big enough to yank that thing off the highway with in 50 miles of there; seems likely they'd all head down to the Fraser valley to help out with disaster relief.

[Ghostsof1915]

On 11/6/2019 at 9:21 PM, Alflives said:

This is beautiful.  Our health care should pay for this.  100,000 dollars out of pocket is crazy or a patient to pay for something that is clearly life altering.   So glad the mom speaks for her son and all the other people in Canada who deserve this kind of care.  

The issue Alf is it's in Thailand. I'm ok if this is experimental, and they are aware of any risks. And happy if he can walk. 

There's experimental procedures that are giving limited sight to blind people. But they are still researching it. And they were saying there's a good chance it

will only work for 6 months to 2 years. If it's not approved here, I'd be curious what the big picture is, and what the risks are. If they want to pay for it, sure. 

If UBC Hospital wants to work with the doctors in Thailand. And it's done at a Canadian hospital then fine. 

Now if its the cargo company that caused the crash in the first place, then I'm all for that too.

[Ghostsof1915]

On 8/26/2021 at 9:25 AM, gurn said:

People like this young man, should end up in critical and very important careers.

The dedication, perseverance and just flat out courage, can be very useful in shaping their, and our, futures.

Like Terry Fox and Rick Hansen?