Jury hears account of high-speed chase at manslaughter trial
The Crown says Police told a Delburne man not to pursue a suspicious vehicle before a fatal crash took place near Lousana more than two years ago.
Daniel Newsham, 47, is on trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench facing one count of manslaughter for the collision on Highway 42 that led to the death of Stanley Dick.
Crown Prosecutor Brittany Ashmore told the seven-man, five-woman jury deciding the case that the high-speed pursuit leading up to the crash started in Delburne at around 11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2016 when Newsham spotted a suspicious vehicle near his business in Delburne.
Newsham reported the vehicle, a black Dodge Dakota, to an off-duty RCMP officer and then called a second officer during the pursuit to give the license plate number from it. The second officer told Newsham she had the information she needed to investigate and to end his pursuit.