Crain sentenced to 30 months for causing fatal crash
The man who struck and killed an 11-year-old boy while driving under the influence of a sleeping pill was sentenced to two-and-a-half years behind bars this afternoon by a Prince Albert judge.
Gordon Morris Crain, 53, pleaded guilty in April to impaired driving causing death in July of 2014. Crown prosecutor Keith Amyotte said Crain swerved off Highway 3 on Muskoday First Nation onto the grassy shoulder where a group of boys were bicycling. Crain first struck and killed a dog before clipping one boy’s bicycle and running directly into 11-year-old Jared Bear. The boy was rushed to a Prince Albert hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.
The court heard several victim impact statements, and both of Bear’s parents wept while expressing the lasting effects the loss of their son has had on their lives, and on their family. Both wore bright yellow T-shirts reading “Justice for Jared” in bold black lettering.
“Not one single day goes by that my son is not on my mind. Not one single minute,” Bear’s mother Raelene Adam said. “I wasn’t done raising my baby.”