A year after it was levied, fine to driver who killed TRU volleyball player McInnis remains unpaid

KAMLOOPS — Back in 2023, Owyn McInnis was killed in a motor vehicle accident on McGill Road, just off the TRU university campus where he played volleyball. Last year, the driver was formally punished in front of a packed Kamloops courtroom, which had just heard victim impact statements from teammates, family members and the community.

Colval Abbinett was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act, after his speeding truck crashed into the back of a sedan at McGill and University Drive, killing McInnis and injuring his fellow TRU Wolfpack volleyball teammates Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse. 

Abbinett received a sentence of a 15-month driving prohibition and an $1,800 dollar fine for driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention. At the time, families of the victims wanted Abbinett to be charged criminally in McInnis’ death, but that never materialized.