Artur Kotula

• Daughter of couple killed by dangerous driver says crash ‘haunts me every day’

  Ashley Avila fought through tears Thursday as she gave a victim impact statement in the sentencing of the man guilty of driving dangerously in a crash that killed her parents.

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  Jan 16, 2025
  
• Suspended driver who caused deadly Toronto crash on Parkside Drive found guilty

  Artur Kotula, the suspended driver who drove at dangerously high speeds down Parkside Drive three years ago, killing a couple after rear-ending their car, has been found guilty.

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  Nov 26, 2024
  
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• Ontario man testifies ‘everything went black’ before deadly crash that killed 2

  The 41-year-old Burlington, Ont., man testified in his own defence at his dangerous driving causing death trial Tuesday, saying he blacked out.

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  Oct 15, 2024
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• Trial hears accused had licence suspended 3 days before fatal Ontario crash

  The testimony came as part of the Crown's evidence at the dangerous driving causing death trial for 27-year-old Artur Kotula, accused in the Parkside Drive collision.

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  Oct 11, 2024
• Trial begins for Ontario man accused of deadly chain-reaction crash on Parkside Drive

  Almost three years after a chain reaction crash on Parkside Drive that killed two people, the trial for the 38-year-old man charged in the incident has begun.

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  Oct 8, 2024
• Man charged in crash that killed married couple near Toronto’s High Park had suspended licence

  A 71-year-old man, later identified as Valdemar Avila, and his wife of 48 years -- 69-year-old Fatima Avila were both killed in the crash on Oct. 12.

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  Nov 19, 2021