Saskatchewan man gets 10 years for crash that killed three Edmonton women

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BATTLEFORDS, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man who pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal negligence causing death for a crash that killed three Edmonton women has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Justice Gerald Allbright of Court of Queen’s Bench handed down the sentence Friday to Brandon Stucka.

The sentence also includes a 10-year driving ban.

Court heard that Stucka, 27, drove a stolen truck in the wrong lane of Highway 16 for three kilometres before crashing into a minivan last September.

Eva Tumbay, Jeannette Wright and Glorious David died in the collision.

Janet Wright Gaye, who was also in the van, was injured.

After reading the sentence Allbright told Stucka: “Your sentence ends. Their’s doesn’t.”

Before the sentence was handed down Stucka broke down sobbing as the victims’ families and members of Edmonton’s Liberian community told him they forgave him.

He expressed remorse to the people in the courtroom.

Rev. Glory Blamo, husband of Glorious David, said it was important for him to talk about forgiving Stucka because it’s “the only way I’ll free myself.”

Nancee Daniels, Tumbay’s friend, was also gracious to the Lloydminster man.

“I forgive him. I honestly have no anger toward him,” Daniels said. “I truly forgive him and I hope he does the same for himself.”

Stucka also pleaded guilty to flight from a peace officer, failure to stop at the scene of accident, possession of property obtained by crime, break and enter, and to breach of a condition of a prior order by being at-large.

The Crown stayed the remaining charges including dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm.

RCMP had been following the stolen truck, but were ordered to pull back about half an hour before the crash.