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Accused acquitted of failing to remain at accident scene due to reasonable doubt regarding knowledge.
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.
