BURNABY (NEWS1130) – As a grieving mother watched, a coroner’s inquest looked into the death of a teen who was struck by an RCMP cruiser in Surrey.
A jury heard the officer was speeding without his police lights or sirens, responding to a call about a stolen car, when he ran into the young woman.
It happened two years ago near the King George SkyTrain station, in an area known for jaywalking.
Ashley Guiboche, 18, was crossing the road at night when she was struck and killed.
In his opening comments, the inquest’s lawyer says Constable Albert Luk was going just under 90 kilometers an hour, when he looked at his computer screen and didn’t see the girl.
Noormohmed Maje was the first witness to testify. Reporters had a chance to speak with him during a break outside the courtroom.
Maje: “He’s very fast.”
Reporter: “Did he have lights or sirens?”
Maje: “No, no sirens, no lights. There were no brakes too.”
Guiboche’s mother wiped away tears as she listened to the inquest, which is scheduled for three days.
The jury may choose to make recommendations to prevent something similar from happening again.
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It’s unfortunate but both should be at fault as the person should not have been Jaywalking there is a crosswalk close by. The police person should not have been spreeding and not paying attention to were he/she was driving.
I am confused. Was the cop tired because he had “no breaks” or did he not apply (i.e. “no brakes”). I find it weird that even when someone is quoted by someone else, they can still make obvious grammatical mistakes. The editor needs to be fired.
Why was she jay walking? why wasn’t she paying attention when she was jay walking?
never figured out how police can do excessive speed with no lights and sirens. I understand the silent code-3 thing but no lights either for a stoloen car.
regardless I put 60% blame on victim and 40% on RCMP