Pedestrians mowed down at intersection
A paramedic escorts Lucy Muthoka at scene of crash in June, 2008. (BORIS,MINKEVICH@FREEPRESS.MB ARCHIVES)
A Winnipeg woman has admitted to killing two pedestrians in a horrific downtown crash.
Lucy Muthoka, 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death for the June 25, 2008 incident at the intersection of Donald Street and St. Mary Avenue.
Muthoka has been free on bail since police arrested her and laid charges in December 2008. The matter has been adjourned to June 30 and she will learn her fate once pre-sentence reports and victim-impact statements have been completed, likely after the end of June.
William Halcrow, 57, and James Ross, 58, were killed instantly after being hit by Muthoka’s Subaru Forester. The two friends were from the Cross Lake reserve in northern Manitoba and were in Winnipeg for medical treatment. Several bystanders who witnessed the crash — and narrowly avoided being hit — tried frantically to revive the men, as did firefighters and paramedics.
Friends told the Free Press at the time that Muthoka is a devoutly religious single mother who was driving home from work when she was involved in the catastrophic string of events. They said the Kenyan woman “was blank” about the details of the crash. She has no prior criminal record.
Just prior to the collision that killed the men, Muthoka had rear-ended a truck stopped at a light, police allege. That pushed the truck forward and injured pedestrian David Matsubara, 49, who witnesses said became pinned against another vehicle. He suffered a broken shoulder and lacerated skull.
Muthoka also hit a fire hydrant, which caused hundreds of litres of water to quickly flood the area and hampered the police investigation because it was difficult to re-create the scene and figure out the sequence of events.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press
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