VERNON – The Crown has collapsed its case against a north Okanagan man charged in connection with a highway crash that killed three people.
It happened on Easter Sunday 2013 on Highway 97 south of Vernon when a pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Brandon McGregor of Spallumcheen crossed the centre line and hit an on-coming station wagon.
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A passenger in the truck, 19-year-old Eric David Robertson of Armstrong, died at the scene.
The car driver, 70 year old Allan Arthur Allport, also died at the scene.
His wife, Fay Allport, 67, died later in hospital.
McGregor was charged with dangerous driving causing death but just before his trial was to begin the prosecutor stayed the charge.
Crown spokesperson, Neil MacKenzie, says they received new evidence and determined they wouldn’t be able to proved criminal conduct by McGregor.
MacKenzie says McGregor’s truck may have crossed the centre line for medical reasons but didn’t reveal more for privacy reasons.
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