Fees towards the corporate accused of felony negligence in reference to an August 2022 collision that claimed the lives of six younger adults in Barrie have been dropped.
On Monday, the Crown withdrew all fees towards Condrain Group, citing there was no affordable prospect of a conviction.
Condrain Group was charged with six counts of felony negligence inflicting demise after Barrie police accused the corporate of failing to correctly safe the development web site alongside McKay Highway after a automobile plunged right into a deep concrete pit, killing its occupants – Curtis King, 22; River Wells, 23; Jason Ono-O’Connor, 22; Luke West, 22; Jersey Mitchell, 20; and Haley Marin, 21.
It is believed the group was on their technique to a on line casino in Innisfil, south of Barrie, when the automobile they travelled in crashed into the large gap within the centre of the closed highway between Veterans Drive and County Highway 27.
Police would come throughout the crash scene practically 20 hours later.
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In a press release from the corporate issued by its attorneys, Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP, Condrain stated it “has at all times had confidence within the justice system and that this matter would conclude because it has at present.”
It continued, “Our ideas are with the households of people who misplaced their lives and the Barrie neighborhood. We stay dedicated to the neighborhood and transferring ahead from this heartbreaking tragedy.”
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It stays unclear what security measures have been current corresponding to fencing, signage, or barricades within the neighborhood of the massive gap within the development zone the place the lethal crash occurred.
The Metropolis of Barrie has stated the realm was the positioning of an infrastructure mission with new water mains and sanitary sewers at McKay Highway and Veterans Drive.
Condrain, based by the De Gasperis brothers, is without doubt one of the largest development corporations in Ontario.
