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Criminal Code, section 320.16(3)

Failure to stop after an accident resulting in death

Maximum
Life imprisonment
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Other, causing death

Minimum fine $1,000 first offence, 30 days second offence, 120 days each subsequent offence (s.320.21).

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2 cases with this offence

  1. May 30, 2022
    R. v. Dionne, 2022 BCSC 960Failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, Surrey. Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
    6 months conditional sentence (house arrest), 18-month driving prohibition
  2. December 3, 2021
    R. v. McKnight, 2021 BCSC 2542Dangerous operation causing death; Failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, Kamloops. Justice Kathleen M. Ker
    3 years in prison (2 years for dangerous driving causing death, 1 year consecutive for failing to remain at the scene)

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