VANCOUVER The driver involved in a 2017 crash that killed Surrey, B.C., teenager Travis Selje, a promising athlete who spent years in the Whitecaps residency program, has been found not guilty on all counts. Rituraj Kaur Grewal s verdict was delivered Thursday in B.C. Supreme Court, where she was found to have suffered a seizure behind the wheel on the day Selje was fatally injured. Grewal was 22 at the time of the accident. Selje was just 17. The court heard testimony that Grewal was having a medical episode on May 3, 2017, that resulted in her colliding with several vehicles in Surrey, including Selje s car, which was struck from behind at 64th Avenue and 176th Street. He succumbed to his injuries two days later in hospital.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Crown prosecutor Kelly Johnston spoke for about 30 minutes for his closing arguments before turning the decision over to the Supreme Court justice for a decision. Family and friends of 17-year-old Travis Selje were in court in New Westminster as the final stage of the trial began. The accomplished young soccer player and member of the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program died after his car was hit from behind at 64th Avenue and 176th Street in Surrey on May 3, 2017. Rituraj Kaur Grewal has pleaded not guilty to three charges, including criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing death.
VANCOUVER Closing arguments are now underway in the trial of a Surrey, B.C., woman charged in connection with a crash that killed a young athlete. The defence was first to make submissions on Wednesday, and argued the evidence pointed to the accused having a seizure behind the wheel. Family and friends of 17-year-old Travis Selje were in court in New Westminster as the final stage of the trial began. The accomplished young soccer player and member of the Whitecaps residency program died after his car was hit from behind at 64th Avenue and 176th Street in Surrey on May 3, 2017.
VANCOUVER The last time Sara Selje spoke with her younger brother Travis, he asked her to help him with his math homework for the first time. “He was a smart kid, he never needed help with homework, much less math,” she recalled of the straight-A student. “It felt nice that he needed me.” She remembered how the 17-year-old called out when he left the house for soccer practice that day, and said I love you as he left. “He was a child when he was taken away,” she said. “I just want him back.” A trial got underway Monday in New Westminster court for a Surrey woman charged in connection with a crash that fatally injured the beloved brother, son, and skilled young athlete who was a member of the Whitecaps residency program.