Crown counsel is reviewing the case now that Sidney North Saanich RCMP have finished investigating a fatal car crash at Victoria International Airport last year. The dramatic car crash in the afternoon of July 29 killed one man and injured seven others.
“Ramesh Sharma lost his life after a vehicle driven by a 81-year-old woman struck him and several others, after losing control,” said Cpl. Chris Swain of Sidney North Saanich RCMP.
Witnesses said the white sedan was driving fast when it went over the curb from the parking lot, across the airport entry road, over a raised green area where it struck a taxi and a table full of people.
The vehicle carried on and hit a baggage carrier structure and crossed another stretch of pavement before hitting the airport security building.
“This was an extensive investigation that included a very large scene and a large amount of physical and witness evidence,” Swain said. “A complete and thorough report has now been submitted to Crown counsel who will now make a determination if any charges are warranted and, if so, what charges they will be.”
Sharma had worked for Yellow Cab for the past 25 years.
“He was a wonderful man,” Yellow Cab president Kuljit Nagra said after the incident. “We are going to miss him big time. He had no enemies and everyone thought very highly of him.”
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