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Driver in Coquihalla crash that killed Coquitlam woman receives fine

Ryan Bremner was given a fine at B.C. Provincial Court in PoCo on Monday; he was charged with driving without due care and attention in the 2014 crash.
Elizabeth Savoie
Elizabeth Savoie, a 27-year-old Coquitlam resident, died in a single-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt in August 2014.

A man charged in connection with a 2014 crash on the Coquihalla highway that killed a Coquitlam woman received a $1,500 fine at sentencing on Monday.

The BC Coroners Service reported that on Aug. 31, 2014, Elizabeth Joan Savoie was the front-seat passenger in a car travelling south on the Coquihalla near Merritt. At about 6:45 p.m., the vehicle went out of control and rolled multiple times.

Savoie, a 27-year-old Coquitlam resident who had attended Centennial secondary and Vancouver Community College, died at the scene.

Ryan Bremner was later charged with driving without due care and attention and was sentenced Monday in B.C. Provincial Court in Port Coquitlam. Bremner will also pay a $225 victim surcharge.

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