Are all female drivers in Toronto so fierce?! A 93-year-old grandmother kicked the accelerator and broke through the police barricade and crashed into a female reporter, and a 32-year-old sister drove dangerously 3 times in 15 months...
On Friday, June 14, 2024, a 93-year-old grandmother pleaded guilty to causing bodily harm to others by careless driving. Yes, that's right, the driver involved in the accident was a grandmother over 90 years old, and she stepped on the accelerator to break through the police roadblock and hit a reporter who was reporting at the scene of the car accident.
The day of the incident was March 1, 2023, when a two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Brock Road and Maltby Road in the small western town of Kitchener, Toronto. Police have set up roadblocks and blocked roads after the two-car collision, and Stephanie Villella, a reporter for local news outlet CTV News, is covering the accident on the spot. Supposedly, there has been a car accident, and the police have already cordoned off the scene, how could this 92-year-old grandmother break through the roadblock with one foot on the accelerator, and then hit the female reporter reporting on the scene? Moreover, the collision was also very hard, directly causing the female reporter to be seriously injured and in critical condition. Fortunately, after being rushed to the hospital for treatment, the female reporter who was hit by her grandmother was out of danger.
About two months after the incident, the driver's grandmother was charged with careless driving causing bodily injury. The female journalist who was hit and her family filed a lawsuit against the grandmother of the driver who hit her, an unnamed local police officer in Guelph, the Guelph Police Department, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Provincial Government, claiming up to $15.7 million. According to the lawsuit statement, the female journalist was standing inside a barricade on a closed road when the driver's grandmother's car suddenly crossed the barricade without warning and crashed into her. The claim statement alleges that Guelph police failed to properly block the road and should have known that the roadblocks were not set up enough. At the same time, Officer Guelph at the scene also failed to properly direct traffic on the road around the barricade.
The lawsuit alleges that the Ontario Provincial Government, the Guelph Police Department and the Ontario Provincial Police Department were responsible for the officer's negligence. The lawsuit also states that the female journalist suffered severe mental and physical injuries due to serious injuries and subsequent nervous tensions, and that "the accident took a huge toll on Stephanie [the victim of the female journalist], and her ability to do her job and the satisfaction she derives from being productive and contributing to society and her family have been permanently damaged." "According to a provincial crime court clerk, the driver's grandmother has appeared in court for a pre-judicial hearing on June 14, 2024. After pleading guilty, the grandmother was fined $2,000 and suspended for one year. The grandmother, a nearly 100-year-old driver, said that she voluntarily returned her driver's license to the traffic department and that she would never drive again. The other defendant in the case, the Province of Ontario, has now filed a statement of defense on behalf of the Ontario Provincial Police and filed a third-party claim against the journalist's employer, Bell Media. CTV Kitchener, which works for female journalist Stephanie Villella, is owned by Bell Media. As of press time, none of the allegations in the lawsuit, or counterclaims filed through the defence, have been substantiated or adjudicated in court.
Also, there was a news report yesterday about a female driver in Toronto. A 32-year-old woman from Brampton has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving, the third time in just 15 months, the Peel Regional Police (PRP) said. Peel District Police said a motorist drove his car into the front of a home in Mississauga on May 30 this year. They said that when the police arrived, the driver had already fled the scene. Fortunately, no one was injured in the house. On June 13, Peel Police's Road Safety Team identified and arrested Susanna Cherian, a 32-year-old woman from Brampton. The female driver was charged with multiple counts including dangerous driving, obstruction of police, hit-and-run, failure to provide required information and violation of probation order. Police said this is the third time in the past 15 months that the defendant has been arrested for "similar related crimes."
So, are the drivers' grandmothers and sisters in Toronto and the surrounding areas so fierce?!