The accused was charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident after his truck struck and paralyzed a cyclist.
The accused testified that he was blinded by sun glare, heard a loud bang, and believed his vehicle had suffered a mechanical failure.
He returned to the scene an hour later after hearing a firefighter radio dispatch about the collision.
The court applied the W.(D.) test and found the accused's testimony credible, concluding the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused knew he had struck a person.
The accused was acquitted.
