Dangerous Driving Causing Death

• Man found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, claimed ‘self-defence’

  The defence said the accused was involved in a road rage incident roughly a kilometre before the crash that claimed the life of 59-year-old Carlos Dinis in Toronto.

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  Apr 30
  
• Human error or brake failure? Closing arguments at trial for Mississauga bus driver

  A Brampton judge heard competing claims over brake failure and driver distraction in a deadly MiWay bus crash. A ruling is expected in July.

  Canada

  Apr 23
  
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• Markham man who drove impaired, killing off-duty YRP officer, receives 6-year sentence

  A Markham man who drove drunk with a G2 licence, killing an off-duty York Regional Police officer in a 2022 head-on crash, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

  Crime

  Feb 27
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• Man who sped, drove drunk causing deadly Toronto crash pleads guilty

  A man who drove three times the speed limit on Lake Shore Boulevard while drunk, causing a crash and killing his passenger, has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death.

  Crime

  Nov 18, 2025
• Sentencing hearing for driver involved in Vaughan crash that killed 16-year-old boy

  A Woodbridge man faces up to nine years in prison for a Vaughan crash that killed 16-year-old David Shirinian, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and fleeing the scene.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2025
• Man sentenced to 5 years for Brampton crash that killed newlywed

  A man who sped through a Brampton intersection killing a young newlywed and seriously injuring her husband has been sentenced to five years in prison and a 10-year driving ban.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2023
• Man guilty of dangerous driving causing death, bodily harm in downtown Toronto crash

  It took the jury less than one day of deliberations to come back with the guilty verdict for Demar Kerr after a three-week trial.

  Crime

  Nov 2, 2023
• Toronto woman avoids jail time after being convicted of dangerous driving causing death

  A Toronto woman avoids jail time after being convicted of dangerous driving causing death of a Sunnybrook lab technician.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2023
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• ‘About time’: Charge laid in fatal Delta farm vehicle crash after investigation reviewed

  Joan Sherry was killed when she crashed into the back of an unlit and slow-moving farm vehicle on Highway 17A in 2021.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2023
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• 19-year-old man charged in Vaughan crash that killed 72-year-old woman

  Police said a driver had stopped to help a dog cross the road and the victim, driving a second vehicle, had stopped behind the first vehicle when the chain-reaction crash happened.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2023