🇨🇦 Ontario driver fined $2,500 for 'profound and avoidable tragedy' that killed grandmother

An 88-year-old woman walking to get medicine was thrown 10 metres into a ditch and killed by a driver who panicked, fled the scene, then stopped 300 metres down the road. The driver pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death and walked away with a $2,500 fine and probation. No jail time. No real consequences. The victim had spent years advocating for pedestrian safety on the exact road where she was killed.

Meanwhile, the court bent over backwards cataloguing the driver's caregiving duties, mental health struggles, and community volunteerism. Nine victim impact statements described irreversible grief and trauma, but the system prioritized rehabilitation over accountability. This is what justice looks like when the state values process over outcomes and treats death as a bureaucratic inconvenience with a price tag under three grand.

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