Tryton Desjarlais apologizes in court for death of Jayda Mitchell [Video]

The man responsible for a crash that killed a Toronto woman last year faced her family in court on Tuesday.

Tryton Desjarlais was driving a pickup truck the wrong way on Capilano Bridge at high speed around 3 a.m. on June 25, 2023, when he hit an SUV, killing its 20-year-old passenger.

The victim, Jayda Mitchell, was visiting Edmonton from Toronto.

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The driver of the SUV she was in was taken to hospital in critical condition.

Desjarlais was also taken to hospital in critical condition and a woman in the truck suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries in the crash.

He pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

Jayda Mitchell.

Court heard Desjarlais was driving 137 km/h at the time of the crash.

His blood alcohol level was two times the legal limit.

Jayda’s mother, Shannon Mitchell, …