A sign marks the location where Gord and Marj Classen were killed by a drunk driver in 2020. (file photo/paNOW)

By Susan McNeil

Parole revoked

Drunk driver who killed Carrot River couple has parole revoked

Sep 22, 2025 | 2:01 PM

The man who killed Gord and Marj Classen five years ago in a drunk driving collision near Aberdeen has had his statutory parole released.

Recent documents from the Parole Board of Canada show that 39-year-old Tyler Seeley violated his release conditions on several occasions after being let out of jail in January 2024 on statutory release.

In addition to a five-year jail sentence, he was given specific release conditions to not consume alcohol or drugs other than prescription medication.

He was not to have contact with certain people including anyone who is involved in criminal activity or has an issue with substance abuse.

Seeley’s conviction for drunk driving causing death was not his first impaired driving charged and his then four-year-old daughter was with him in the vehicle when the Classens were killed. She also received serious injuries.

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He also was given a 15-year driving ban.

In September of 2024, Seeley and a friend were working together and decided to smoke a cannabis joint. Seeley had a prescription for medical marijuana, but this was bought off the street.

He took a few puffs and passed out. His girlfriend heard it and began CPR.

“An ambulance was called and she continued CPR for about 30 minutes until the ambulance arrived.”

When given Naloxone, Seeley revived but another friend that had smoked the same laced cannabis was not so fortunate and died of his overdose the same day.

“It is reported that there were suspicions you had been violating the conditions of your release on other occasions, however they could never be proven,” the report said.

His parole was not revoked at the time, however.

That changed when this past June, Seeley was seen inside a liquor store with his girlfriend, a violation of his condition to not be in a place which has the primary purpose of selling alcohol.

He was required to submit a urine sample, which came back positive for meth and cocaine, several days later.

When police went to arrest him at his designated residence, he was not there either. Officers managed to contact him by phone several days later and he was told to turn himself in but did not for several days. He went back into custody on July 4.

His rationale during his post suspension interview was that he had been feeling sad and someone offered him drugs.

“You relayed that an old friend had passed away approximately a month prior and you and some of your other friends decided to have a celebration of life at your home. It was during the celebration of life that you “did something he shouldn’t have done.” The parole officer commented that meth and cocaine are typically not present at ‘celebrations of life,” read the report.

Despite having made some progress while he was incarcerated the first time, the parole board determined that the overdose and the subsequent use of cocaine and meth along with going into the liquor store changed his risk level.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com