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Taryn Crawford, a 25-year-old driver who slammed into the back of a work truck and  pinned 19-year-old worker Sefatullah Khanzadeh between two vehicles and killing him, pleaded guilty to careless driving in Edmonton provincial court last week.
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\r\nAccording to a stipulated statement of facts read into the court record, Khanzadeh was working as a contract landscaper for Land Tec on July 24, 2009, when the accident occurred. At around 10:30 that morning, he and his work crew were weeding the median of 97th Street near 144th Avenue. One work truck had been parked in the inside lane of 97th Street, and traffic cones had been placed near the site to direct traffic away from the work crew. After completing the weeding work, Khanzadeh began to pick up the cones and throw them into the back of the truck. As he did so, Crawford’s car slammed into the back of the truck, pinning Khanzadeh between the two vehicles. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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\r\nIn February, a Workplace Health and Safety report, which was not presented in court, stated that Crawford was “distracted from driving responsibilities” and was seen texting on her wireless phone immediately after the crash. According to the report, “(t)he driver …  did not even know that she had crushed a landscape worker. There were no visible skid marks from her vehicle,” indicating she had not tried to stop before the crash.
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\r\nThe careless driving charges, which fall under the Traffic and Safety Act, carry a maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine and six months in jail.
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