Owyn McInnis, Image credit: X/@GoTRUWolfPack
Fatal Crash

Sentencing set for driver involved in 2023 McGill Road crash that killed TRU volleyball player

Jan 30, 2025 | 10:40 AM

KAMLOOPS — Colval Abbinett, the driver involved in the fatal vehicle crash along McGill Road in 2023 that killed one member of the TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team was in provincial court Thursday (Jan. 30) morning for an arraignment hearing.

Abbinett was charged with one count of driving without due care and attention and one count of driving without reasonable consideration following the crash that killed Owyn McInnis, and left Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse with life-changing injuries.

Abbinett, appeared via video conference, with his lawyer stating he intends to plead guilty.

The families of the victims were fighting for Abbinett to be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada rather than the Motor Vehicle Act but were unsuccessful in their attempts.