Driver's view may have been obstructed by other vehicles, traffic analyst says
Brian Higgins | CBC News | Posted: June 16, 2016 7:49 PM | Last Updated: June 17, 2016
Jordan Arsenault-Loeman is expected to testify in own defence at the trial
The driver of a car that collided with a bicycle last summer told police he didn't know if the cyclist was "alive or dead" in the minutes after the crash took place.
The trial for Jordan Arsenault-Loeman, 25, resumed Thursday afternoon in the third day of the trial in P.E.I. Provincial court in Charlottetown.
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The Saint John, N.B., man has pleaded not guilty to making an unsafe turn after his vehicle collided with a bicycle on August 1, 2015 on Brackley Point Road in Charlottetown.
The cyclist, 60 year old Alan Stanley, is paralyzed from the chest down.
A video of Arsenault-Loeman's interview with police was played in court Thursday. In it, he tells police the bicycle was moving faster than the cars on the road at the time of the crash.
A traffic analyst with Charlottetown police, who examined the crash scene, testified he believed the driver's view of the oncoming bicycle may have been obstructed by other oncoming vehicles, as the car turned left.
He said the cyclist's helmet was shattered, the car was dented on the passenger side, and the bike lost its back wheel.
The analyst testified he believes the car made an unsafe turn.
Arsenault-Loeman is expected to testify in his own defence.
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- This story previously said Jordan Arsenault-Loeman is 26. He is 25. June 17, 2016 5:28 PM