Sentencing has been handed down in this case which was widely-followed here in Ontario and in Quebec where it occurred. Quebec Superior Court has found that motorist Emma Czornobaj will serve 90 days in jail on weekends for causing two deaths after stopping on the highway to rescue ducklings. The 26-year-old woman from the Montreal suburb of Chateauguay will also be prohibited from driving for 10 years and must perform 240 hours of community service. Czornobaj’s lawyer said she plans to appeal the driving ban. This is an excellent CBC summary of details in this unusual case in which a person’s driving skills speak of a strange absence of an awareness of danger. In July, Czornobaj was convicted of two counts of criminal negligence causing death and two counts of dangerous driving causing death in the 2010 deaths of André Roy, 50, and his 16-year-old daughter, Jessie.
