A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a 2017 impaired driving crash in East Gwillimbury that left a 28-year-old father dead. The sentence, which also includes an eight-year driving ban, was handed down to Tyler Neilsen in a Newmarket courtroom on Thursday. He previously pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle that fatally struck Stuart Ellis on Nov. 13, 2017 while having alcohol and four other drugs in his system.
APOLOGY
“I can’t imagine the pain and suffering I have brought into your lives,” he said in court to Ellis wife Justine. “I’m so sorry. The worst part of this whole accident is that I took a father away from his children. I will never be able to forget that. I am ready to accept the court’s punishment.” Widowed mom counts cost as impaired driver makes bail
#BreakingNews Tyler Nielsen’s final taste of freedom before being sentenced to 5 years in a penitentiary & an 8 year driving ban for criminal negligence causing the death of Stuart Ellis in Nov 2017. Nielsen was impaired by alcohol & drugs & was driving recklessly, 200 km+ pic.twitter.com/NFViKcij3n
— Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) March 21, 2019
