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Family calls sentence ‘a holiday’
No jail time for truck driver who killed two men in Chilliwack BY JENNIFER SALTMAN The Province
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amily and friends of Jody Ro l l e m a n a n d Ma r v i n Elgersma called the conditional sentence given to Balwinder Biring for causing
the crash that killed the men “a holiday.” “ T h e l o s s i s j u s t s o g re a t compared to the punishment,” Alice Rolleman said outside B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack Monday. Biring, 36, pleaded guilty last year to two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. On Sept. 11, 2006, Biring picked up a load in Surrey and drove his tractor-trailer unit east on Highway 1 toward Alberta. Shortly after 9 p.m. Biring lost control of his truck
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near the Prest Road overpass when, as he tried to pass another semi, his left wheels went into the soft shoulder and his trailer shifted and rolled to the left. The vehicle slid across the grass
median and into westbound lanes, where Rolleman, 25, was driving a pickup with friends Elgersma, 26, and Justin Locke, 25, as passengers. Rolleman saw the trailer and tried to swerve out of the way but the driver’s side of the truck hit the trailer. Rolleman and Elgersma died and Locke suffered serious injuries. “There was clearly nothing Mr. Rolleman could do to avoid the collision,” Justice Brian Joyce said in his reasons for sentence. Joyce said Biring’s driving leading up to the crash was aggressive, but did not constitute a lengthy period
of careless driving. The driving became dangerous when Biring passed the last two semis and ended up with his wheels in the median. He pointed out that Biring is truly remorseful for his actions and will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his life. Biring also has a driving record but no criminal record—he was acquitted in October of charges related to smuggling drugs across the Canada-U.S. border. Biring faces significant civil See SENTENCE, Page 13
Mounties issue warning
WOODCARVERS WHATCHOO LOOKIN’ AT?
Female sex offender living in Chilliwack BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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A concerned-looking wood carving eyes a member of the public at Saturday’s Woodcarving Sculpture and Turning Show at Heritage Park.
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ounties are warning the public about a high-risk sexual offender who was released from prison Friday and taken up residence in Chilliwack. On Friday, police issued a “public interest notifica- Audrey Black t i o n” u n d e r t h e Privacy Act about Audrey Elizabeth Jean Black, 34. Black was sentenced to four years in jail on May 9, 2007, after pleading See WARNING, Page 4
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