Family of Jordyn Reimer disappointed by province not ordering independent review [Video]

The family of a Winnipeg woman killed by a drunk driver is frustrated after they tried to have another person charged for giving the truck keys back to the driver.

Jordyn Reimer, 24, was acting as her friends’ designated driver when they went out in May 2022. At the corner of Bond Street and Kildare Avenue West, her vehicle was hit by a truck driven by Tyler Goodman.

Reimer died in the crash, and Goodman was sentenced to seven years in jail after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death.

During the trial, the court heard a friend had taken the keys away from Goodman the night of the crash, but later on, another friend gave him the keys back.

Reimer’s parents, Karen and Doug, had been asking the provincial government for a third-party independent review of the decision not to prosecute the friend.

On Thursday, Justice Minister Matt …