Friday, July 12, 2013

OPP Officer to Stand Trial on Dangerous Driving Charge

A Kenora OPP officer will have to stand trial on a charge of dangerous driving causing death.

Constable Troy Bender was charged by the Special Investigations Unit
last fall after the cruiser he was driving collided with a semi tractor trailor
unit at the intersection of the Redditt Road and the Kenora By-pass on September 23rd, 2012.

A prisoner in the back of the cruiser, 42 year old Gloria Assin, was killed in the collision.

Justice David Gibson says there is enough evidence to take the case to trial.

So far, no trial date has been set.