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Coquihalla Crash

Man pleads guilty, sentenced for 2017 Coquihalla crash that killed international student

May 1, 2019 | 3:22 PM

VANCOUVER — A guilty plea and a fine for the man behind the wheel in a deadly crash on the Coquihalla.

In April, 2017, Melissa Mimura, a 21-year-old UBC-Okanagan international student from Japan was on the phone with a 911 operator after her car spun out on the snowy highway, when she was hit by a truck.

Mimura died at the scene.

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The driver of that truck, George Holowko, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, and today was given a $1,500 dollar fine.

Holowko says he feels terrible about the crash. Mimura’s family and friends are calling that fine a ridiculously light penalty.

WATCH: See some of CFJC’s footage of the crash, along with a comment from then-Transportation Minister Todd Stone.