A BC man was sentenced to 23 months in jail on Friday in connection with a fatal collision in 2017 outside of Hope.
Anthony Creed Cortez, 42, also received two years of probation and a 10-year driving ban after pleading guilty to dangerous driving that caused death and motor vehicle theft.
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Four other charges related to the September 11, 2017 incident were dropped, including failing to stop in an accident that caused bodily harm and possessing a firearm without a license or registration.
Danielle Charlton, a 35-year-old mother of four, was killed when the truck she was traveling in collided with a maintenance truck on Highway 3, about 10 miles east of Hope.
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Cortez, who was behind the wheel of the truck, fled the scene in a truck stolen from a Good Samaritan who had stopped to help.
He was arrested nine days later in the Rogers Pass area of BC when police saw him driving an allegedly stolen motorcycle.
Cortez also received 30 days in jail for violating his release order in November 2020.
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