Bus driver fined over death - BC News - Castanet.net
A tour bus driver convicted of hitting and killing a pedestrian in
Victoria has been handed an eight month driving prohibition and fined
$1,500.
Stephen Finnerty was driving for Horizon Tours in August 2012 when
27-year-old Yuka Imaizumi was run down in a crosswalk at a major
intersection in downtown Victoria.
Earlier this month, a provincial court judge in Victoria convicted
Finnerty, now 45-years-old, of driving without due care and attention.
During sentencing, the judge acknowledged Finnerty lost his own
father in a traffic accident, has expressed remorse, is receiving
counselling, has quit professional driving and has relocated his family
after receiving threatening email messages and phone calls.
In a victim impact statement sent from Japan, Imaizumi's parents said
they had hoped their daughter would represent the fourth generation to
inherit their family restaurant and they remain devastated by her death.
After sentencing, Finnerty criticized the City of Victoria, accusing
it of ignoring pleas for safety changes at the busy five-way
intersection at Humboldt and Douglas where Imaizumi died.
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