N.S. news: Colin Tweedie trial hears final submissions [Video]

Talia Forrest’s family members and supporters filed out of the courtroom on Tuesday following final submissions in what has now been a second long and emotional trial for the man accused in her death.

The 10-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle with a friend along the Black Rock Road in Black Rock, N.S., on July 11, 2019.

Thirty-two-year-old Colin Tweedie was found not guilty the first time around on counts of dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing death and leaving the scene of an accident.

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned that decision and ordered a new trial.

“It’s going alright so far,” said Halen Williams, Forrest’s first cousin who said she thought of the young girl like a sister. “We’re going to continue to fight for the right justice she deserves. She deserved it four years and eight months ago. We …