Fine of $1200 after ‘driving without due care’ put Mount Allison student in critical condition
The man who hit and seriously injured a young Mount Allison student crossing Main Street in a crosswalk last December has pled guilty to a charge of driving without due care and attention.
Andrew McGann appeared in Moncton provincial court on July 4 to plead guilty to the charge, and will be required to pay a fine of $1200.
The young man McGann hit was sent to a Halifax hospital in critical condition after the collision. RCMP Sergeant Eric Hanson told CHMA the young man has since been released from hospital and continues his recovery.
Crown prosecutors dropped a second charge against McGann of failing to yield. Prosecutor Annie St-Jacques says it’s not uncommon in the case of a guilty plea on one Motor Vehicle Act charge to see a related charge withdrawn.
The collision occurred at the crosswalk on Main Street at King. Witnesses say the lights in the crosswalk were flashing when the young man crossed, and traffic in one direction had stopped.… Continue
Collision victim in critical condition; plus response time details and Sackville ER protocols
The young man hit by a driver on Sunday evening while crossing Main Street is in critical condition in a Halifax hospital, according to an update to Mount Allison students sent Wednesday by university president Jean Paul Boudreau.
Boudreau said the university had “received an update from the student’s family, which they have also made public. We understand that the student is in critical condition in a Halifax hospital. The family has asked for privacy at this time, and we invite you to join us in respecting their wishes.”
RCMP Sergeant Eric Hanson said the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been laid yet.
Emergency response time concerns
There were two 911 calls from the Sackville area on Sunday night, both with very different response times, according to a spokesperson from Medavie Health Services New Brunswick, the company that operates Ambulance NB.
In an emailed statement to CHMA, Eric Robichaud says the first call came in at 7:47pm, before the Main Street collision, and paramedics arrived at that scene nine minutes later, at 7:56pm.
According to witnesses, that was right around the time the young man crossing Main Street in a marked crosswalk with lights flashing was struck by a driver who failed to yield at the crossing. Robichaud says the second call, which fits the timeline of the pedestrian collision, was received at 8:01pm, and paramedics arrived at that scene 27 minutes later at 8:28pm.… Continue