Semi driver sentenced to 3 years in death of 3 Carrot River teens
The truck driver who killed three Carrot River teens after his semi rear-ended stopped cars in a construction zone in 2015, was handed a three-year federal sentence today.
Normand Lavoie, 41, was sentenced in Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench Monday. He was sentenced to three years for the death of each teen and one year for the injury of a flag person which he will serve concurrently. Lavoie was also dealt a five-year driving probation following his release.
Family members of the three boys killed wept as the sentence was handed down. Lavoie looked visibly shaken.
“No sentence will relieve the families of their pain,” judge Mona Dovell told the court. She described it as a “particularly difficult” decision despite her decades of service on the bench.