Brett Iler pleaded not guilty to six charges Wednesday as a result of a double fatal collision in the 2022 RetroFest Classic Car Cruise.
Iler is charged with two counts of careless driving causing death, three counts of careless driving causing bodily harm, and another charge of careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act.
Court learned Nigel Sedge and Jaimee Doyle were both killed in the collision, while three others were seriously injured.
A four-day trial started Wednesday in the Provincial Offences courthouse in Blenheim.
Six civilian witnesses took the stand; five of which were either witnesses or directly involved in the May 27 multi-vehicle collision on Queen’s Line near Dillon Road.
SUV driven “uncomfortably close”
Mark Lauzon told the court he was driving eastbound into Chatham that evening when an SUV came up “out of nowhere” and proceeded to drive “uncomfortably close.”
Lauzon said on two to three occasions, the driver pulled into …