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Guilty plea from Vancouver hit and run suspect

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Dec, 2023 04:52 PM
  • Guilty plea from Vancouver hit and run suspect

A man charged in a fatal hit and run in Vancouver last year has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death.

Eoghan Byrne was killed on July 19th, 2022 in the Kitsilano neighbourhood in a collision that was captured on surveillance video.

The video shows Byrne flying several metres after being struck by a vehicle that does not stop.

A sentencing hearing for Alexandre Romero Arata is scheduled for January 11th.

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