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CTV News
31-07-2025
- CTV News
‘I'm sorry': 2 years in prison for impaired driver involved in fatal e-scooter crash in Saskatoon
A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for the impaired driving death of 25-year-old Austin Walker. Saskatoon's provincial court had to open another courtroom to accommodate all the grieving loved ones, as a sentence was handed down regarding the death of 25-year-old Austin Walker. Wade Chaboyer, 40, will face two years in prison for killing Walker while driving impaired last summer. Just after 3 a.m. on June 22, 2024, Walker was riding an electric scooter home from a friend's house, where he'd been watching hockey, when he was hit and killed near the Circle Drive overpass on Warman Road. Chaboyer fled the scene, but police soon located him due to the e-scooter still being attached to the bumper of his vehicle. Following his two years in prison, Chaboyer will face three years of probation alongside a five-year ban on driving and 100 hours of community service. 'People can do evil things, but at the end of the day, at their core, they're not evil people. We still have to punish them. Society has an interest in seeing this happen and making sure people don't do the same thing,' Ron Piche, the defense counsel said. The Crown did not offer comment, but more than 15 victim impact statements were read in the courtroom. Austin Walker's family and friends showed up to express the profound impact his death has had. Walker was described as kind, funny, and loyal. His loved ones tearfully recalled memories of Walker being a stellar athlete and friend. When offered an opportunity to address the court, Chaboyer said, 'I'm sorry.'
CBC
26-06-2025
- CBC
Saskatoon man pleads guilty to impaired driving in crash that killed 25-year-old e-scooter rider
Wade Scott Chaboyer also pleaded guilty to leaving the scene A Saskatoon man pleaded guilty to two charges in relation to a crash that killed a 25-year-old riding an e-scooter last summer. Wade Scott Chaboyer was charged with fleeing the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle while impaired and operating a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 mg of alcohol causing death. "[Chaboyer] entered a guilty plea to impaired operation of a conveyance or vehicle causing death as well as leaving the scene of an accident knowing or being reckless that death or injury had ensued," his defence lawyer Ron Piché said in an interview Wednesday. Chaboyer entered the guilty pleas in a packed courtroom on Tuesday. "It's a tragedy all the way around," Piché said. "No sentence is going to bring back the beloved one and I think emotions were running understandably high." The crash happened on Warman Road near Circle Drive last June. Police said at the time that a car had been travelling northbound on Warman Road when it hit the 25-year-old. "The victim in this case was very well liked and he had an excellent relationship with his family," Piché said. He said Chaboyer has not been able to go back to work since the crash, is remorseful, doesn't have a prior criminal record and wanted to spare the family a lengthy trial. "This prosecution could have stretched on literally for 18 months to two years. Instead, it's coming to a pretty rapid close," Piché said. A sentencing date is expected to be set for later this summer.
