A judge of the provincial court rejected a dangerous accusation of conduct against a man by the state of Washington in a fatal accident who killed a pastor from British Columbia Arc of peace Border crossing in 2019.
Cheung left a woman and two sons.
J. Daniel Weatherly said on Thursday that Singh’s mental state had been deeply altered at the time of the accident and rejected the accusation against him.
Singh was certified under the Mental Health Act after the collision and had undergone a mental health crisis the day before the accident.
Many facts from the fatal collision were not disputed, and the case depended on Singh’s intentions at the time.
On Thursday, the court learned that Singh was watching television the day before the accident on May 1, 2019, and had started to hear voices.
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He said he was shocked by his thoughts, but when he looked outside, he saw that he was still on earth, then he removed his clothes and came out of the naked.
Singh was hospitalized and received antipsychotic drugs and was released later.
The next day, May 2, he said he felt clear and non -misty.
The facts agreed in the case understood that Singh was traveling north at 120 kilometers per hour in an area of 30 km / h on motorway 99 in a Porsche Cayenne at the time of the accident.
He hit the back of Toyota Sienna that Cheung returned to Canada after fueling the American side of the border.
The collision pushed his in a flowerbed 65 meters from the point of impact, where the mini-duties caught fire.
Cheung was killed on the impact, the court learned during the trial, however, he was later determined that Cheung died in the fire and did not suffer from broken bones.
Singh was still in the driver’s headquarters of his vehicle when witnesses arrive, and members of the Canada border services agency arrested him on the scene.
A mechanical inspection revealed that the two vehicles were in good working order and a blood test found under 10 milligrams of alcohol in the Singh system.
The court heard the testimony of his first witness, an ACSA officer who rushed to the scene following the collision.
He told the court that Singh had scratches on his hands and at the back of his head and described put him handcuffed.
Singh, he said, was cooperative but did not answer questions and mumbled incoherent sentences on being God and repeating “no, no” over and over.
Dr. Robert Miller, a psychologist who testified in the case, said: “Mr. Singh was delusional or a brief psychotic disorder. One possibility for this reservance is that the Haldol and the Diazepam that it was administered to Swedish Recolation (Center) on May 1, and this may have contributed to the rearition of symptoms.
“M. Singh continued to go to the border. This disruption of Mr. Singh’s mental state probably affected his judgment, his ability to assist, his ability to concentrate and his ability to form memories such as his mind did not work properly. ”
Miller said that Singh reached the border, his mental state was deeply altered, which probably led him to cause the collision with Cheung’s vehicle.
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