Nanaimo-Frau zu 1.000 US-Dollar Geldstrafe wegen Todesfall eines Seniors auf Monstertruck-Parkplatz verurteilt – BC
Nanaimo woman fined $1,000 in senior’s monster truck parking lot death
Nanaimo-Frau zu 1.000 US-Dollar Geldstrafe wegen Todesfall eines Seniors auf Monstertruck-Parkplatz verurteilt – BC
Nanaimo woman fined $1,000 in senior’s monster truck parking lot death
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>A Nanaimo woman accused of dangerous driving in the death of an 85-year-old woman in the parking lot of Woodgrove Mall two years ago has pleaded guilty to a lesser offence.
>Jazmin Faye Patenaude pleaded guilty on March 18 to driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention in the March 21, 2024, death of Maureen Martin of Nanaimo.
>Patenaude, who turns 25 this year, received a $1,000 fine.
>Patenaude was originally charged in February 2025 with dangerous driving causing death, but after two days of testimony at a preliminary inquiry, the BC Prosecution Service said she pleaded guilty to a Motor Vehicle Act charge.
>Nanaimo RCMP said the modified design of Patenaude’s truck, which was jacked up like a monster truck, contributed to the tragic incident.
>“The modifications to Ms. Patenaude’s truck, including suspension lifts, oversized tires, and tinted windows, made driving in a crowded parking lot at a busy mall unsafe”, Const. Sherri Wade said in a February 11, 2025, news release.
>RCMP said Martin had parked beside Patenaude’s truck before she exited her car, and began walking towards the mall.
>At the same time, Mounties said, Patenaude exited her parking stall, turned left, and struck the elderly woman, knocking her to the ground.
>Martin, who died at the scene, was the widow of the late Chief Warrant Officer/Capt. George Martin, according to a social media post from the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC).
>Patenaude was also ordered to pay a victim fine surcharge of $150.
Wow they really threw the book at her eh? 🙄
Sounds like a horrible situation
Wait… So what your saying is I can flatten a granny in a monster truck for $1000
This country is fucked
Watch out for parking lots. A friend of my parents (in her 70s at the time) was struck and seriously injured/disabled by a recklessly driven vehicle in a box store parking lot outside Toronto. When the cops came they just basically shrugged and said „it’s a private lot, private property, traffic regulations don’t apply, try suing the store you were going to shop at“ and no charges or penalties were pursued.
monster trucks are cringe.
Her truck looks like every third one you see here in Alberta. 1000$ is about the cost of 2 of the tires.
That she spells her first name with a Z is so incredibly on brand for someone who drives a truck like that.
We need to re-adjust driving tests to include the users own vehicle that they plan on driving (even if they switch vehicles) and a spatial awareness test.
Can we please let the European brands like Renault, Seat, Peugeot etc in. I’d rather cities, public transport and infrastructure be built around efficient smaller hatchbacks, sedans etc over these garbage monster trucks.
About 30 Canadians die in parking lots every year, but almost none of those incidents lead to dangerous driving charges—the legal bar is just too high. This case is getting attention because lifted trucks trigger a strong reaction. IMO, trucks like this shouldn’t be legal (they aren’t legal in Europe), but until the law changes, the courts treat them no differently than any other vehicle.
Trucks with dangerous modifications like this should either be illegal or require a special license to drive.
Generally, we should adopt European vehicle standards for safer roads.
That’s it????
How was this ridiculous monster truck not pulled off the road years ago?
I thought we save these harsh punishments for rapists, murderers, and child molesters.
Of course her name is „Jazmin.“
There’s a reason they say that if you wanna kill someone to use a car. What a fucking joke.
I hope the victim’s family files a massive civil suit against the driver.
Calling that a monster truck is like calling an AR15 an assault rifle
Fucking comical….a fine?
The person that told her that was a good looking truck should be jailed.
I guess they took into account the residual value of the granny.
This is horrible that there isn’t more consequences. Still driving the truck, modifications haven’t been reversed. $1150 cost.
The only real consequence is that she will have to live with this for the rest of her life. But it doesn’t appear she cares.
Vehicle at the very least should have been seized and crushed.
So if it was a normal car it would have been a manslaughter charge? But because of illegal modifications causing the unnecessarily dangerous line of sight, it’s not because of not being able to see the senior?
$1000 to kill someone in Canada with a vehicle. Insane.
For offences like that, the vehicle should be crushed and the owner gets to watch. And go to prison. You fucking killed someone!