Telus truck kills jaywalking 58 year old woman in Richmond
 

Probably a dumb question, but will the driver be charged with anything at all? Saw a hand-written sign at the intersection today and it was asking for witnesses. Not sure how a witness would be helpful in this accident though...

Sorry if re-post; did a search and couldn't find anything. I'm still a noob! Looks like this was about 2 weeks ago.

1000% her fault

Probably thought she was still in HK and looked the wrong way.

Honestly, Im surprised this this doesn't happen more often in Richmond.

RIP be safe don't do stupid shit.

real-life frogger: you only get 1 life.

I also am surprised this doesn't happen more often. Ignorant/clueless pedestrians vs. clueless drivers= recipe for disaster. Richmond needs to do a pedestrian enforcement day where jaywalking tickets are handed out/enforced once a year or month.

i'm sure a boat load of people jaywalk...she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time...heck even people using the crosswalk gets hit...

I am curious about if the victim's life insurance (if she has one) would pay out in cases like this.

Except that people using crosswalks won't be at fault in any way unless they were just jumping into traffic without regard.

it does happen to more ppl in richmond.... my friend saw an incident near blundell and 3 road.... little girl went flying mid air when an old lady (both the victim and the driver was white, so in b4 racist comments) my friend who witnessed it told me that the cops even offered post traumatic therapy..

Woman is 100% at fault, though that doesn't matter anymore, does it?

Nothing will happen to the Telus guy. No negligence on his part, no charges will be filed. This exact same thing happened to someone I know.

If you were driving and I jumped from a tree, nude, on fire and body smeared with Nutella spread and you ran me over. Should you be charged with manslaugher?

Yes, it would.

And this is the part where the insurance company digs and digs to try and prove she was suicidal and not pay.

As long as the policy was written 2 years prior to this incident even if it was a suicide it would still pay.

Good to know. Never new this.

^ nice, I should be good to go, too............

What does the truck being owned by Telus have anything to do with it?

I feel sorry for the truck driver who has to put up with this.

I don't think it happens more. You stated one incident. I'm sure it happens more in downtown Vancouver, but that's a different topic for a different day.

The headline of a telus truck looks more appealing than just a truck.
That's probably why it was written like that.
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there will probably be a follow up article "jaywalker's family sues Telus"

I guess OP's question is whether the driver or Telus will be named in a legal suit. Lawyers will likely go after the one with the biggest insurance, so it's more likely that the victim's family will go after telus.
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This is really strange to hear for me. Just the other day while I was j walking across a one way street downtown, I had a telus truck speed right past me. I could really hear the engine revving pretty loud and was wondering where he was in a rush to get to, or if he was just trying to kill me.