Closing arguments at fatal Lake Ontario boat crash trial [Video]

A judge has ruled in favour of defence who argued that Filip Grkovski can only be found guilty of criminal negligence and impaired operation causing death and bodily harm, if the crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Grkovski was driving the boat at the time of a tragic crash on May 31, 2022.

Superior Court Justice P. Tamara Sugunasiri made her ruling on Wednesday in advance of closing arguments at the judge-alone trial for the Mississauga, Ont. man charged with impaired operation and criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm.

24-year-old Megan Wu and 34-year-old Julio Abrantes both drowned after Grkovski’s boat struck rocks off Tommy Thompson Park near the Outer Harbour Marina causing the boat to flip over. Four passengers were rescued from the cabin of the vessel, four others swam to safety but Wu and Abrantes were trapped under the boat and could not be saved.

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