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Jun 12, 2019 · Chris Galletta, now 20, was found guilty in January of criminal negligence causing the deaths of Michaela Martel and Maddie Clement, and of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in...
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Chris Galletta has lost his bid to overturn a conviction for criminal negligence causing the deaths of two teenage girls and serious injuries to third girl in a tragic 2017 crash, with the...
Chris Galletta was 18 at the time of a crash that killed two girls, Michaela Martel and Maddie Clement, on June 18, 2017, along Fernbank Road. Another passenger, Sommer Foley, was injured.
Chris Galletta (born 1981) is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 2013 coming-of-age film The Kings of Summer.
- Speed Reached 183 km/h
- Passengers Pleaded with Galletta
- 'Tainted by Loss'
- 'Chris Doesn't Care'
Assistant Crown prosecutor Jason Neubauer said Galletta drove away and reached a "grossly excessive speed" of 183 km/h, "dangerously" passing two other cars. Galletta was shouting, "They are going to kill me!" Neubauer said, but his three passengers tried to convince him he wasn't being followed and pleaded with him to slow down. Foley testified th...
"Three passengers pleaded with him, but he put himself first, ahead of the lives of the others," Neubauer said. Galletta, who had no previous criminal record, drove "with wanton disregard for the safety of the others," Neubauer charged. While acknowledging it was "a horrible event and a very sad day for all involved," Galletta's lawyer, Kirstin Mac...
Mario Martel, Michaela's father, was the first of eight people to read victim impact statements in the full courtroom Friday, where many people wept. "We are no longer able to feel complete happiness or joy as everything is tainted by loss," Martel said. Still, Martel asked Justice Jacqueline Loignon to be lenient in her sentence. "A harsh punishme...
"Chris didn't care and I'm not sure he ever will," she said. "I haven't seen him recognize the impact his actions have and will continue to have on others." Morrison said since her daughter's death she's been "empty, lost and lonely," and is unable to work. She's now raising Madison's now three-year-old daughter. "Because of Chris's actions [Madiso...
Jan 11, 2019 · Just before 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 that year, Chris Galletta lost control of a black Chevy Cobalt he was driving after leaving an outdoor party on Fernbank Road, north of Jinkinson Road.
Jul 27, 2017 · On Thursday, Ottawa Police said Chris Galletta is facing six charges, including two counts of dangerous driving causing death, one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, two counts of...
