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I guess it was a bad combination of the young woman stopping to help wildlife and the motorcyclist and his passenger daughter driving well above the speed limit. "A provincial police officer testified at the trial that Roy, whose speed was estimated at 113 km/h and 129 km/h when he applied his brakes, collided with Czornobaj’s car at between 105 km/h and 121 km/h." There's also a possibility the motorcyclist got distracted by his wife, "who was driving another motorcycle behind her husband when the collision happened. She was driving more slowly and managed to avoid injury." The driver of the motorcycle was supposed to be paying more attention to the road ahead of him.
Quebec driver who stopped for ducks guilty in fatal crash
I'm truly sorry for the two people who died and for their families but I still think she doesn't deserve to go to jail, accidents do happen. Of course, she shouldn't have stopped on the highway on the left lane. She is only guilty of a bad decision, to stop her car on a highway to save some ducklings, there was no criminal intention at all.
I totally agree. Emma shouldn't be punished for doing a good deed but, since she stopped her car in the left lane of the highway and the motorcycle driver didn't have enough time to avoid the impact, she was convicted of "criminal negligence" causing death and "dangerous driving" causing death. Hey, she didn't plan to kill anyone, she was trying to rescue some ducks when the accident happened because of over speeding. In The Star article above, her defense lawyer made clear, “The fact that she was involved in the accident in the first place was a hard experience for her,” he said. “The fact that she had to go through a trial with a lot of publicity was tough and to be confirmed by 12 citizens, the jury, that the conduct was criminal is a hard blow.” At the end, they decided to put her in jail in order to send a message to society, that drivers do not stop on the highway for animals because it’s not worth it.