Date of publication: Apr 4, 2022 • 42 minutes ago • 2 minutes reading • Join in the discussion Anaya Chaudhari, 10, and Jax’s brother, 4, were on their way home to Athabasca Dr. on May 16, 2021, when a Mercedes speeding off the road, hitting children and a neighbor helping to build a bicycle. The brothers died. Photo by FACEBOOK / TORONTO SUN
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A teenage speeding driver who fell under two children on their way to Vaughan after losing control of his Mercedes was sentenced to one year open detention, six months community supervision and a six-year driving ban.
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The driver, who was identified only as CZ under the Juvenile Justice Act, pleaded guilty in December to two counts of dangerous driving that caused death and one charge of dangerous driving that caused bodily harm in the May 16, 2021 incident that killed Anaya Chaudhari, 10, and her younger brother Jax, 4, and seriously injured neighbor John Chiarelli. The children’s mother said they knew in advance that they would not feel any sense of justice from the court ruling, whatever it was. “Not only because the Youth Criminal Justice Act protects the limit and duration of the sentence that is possible, but also because we have lost faith in systems that are supposed to keep us safe,” Binta Patel told reporters after the decision in the Newmarket court.
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“We do not know if any punishment would be enough. “All we know is that this does not change anything for our family.” CZ had received the beginner’s license just a few months before the tragedy. He also had a previous charge for driving without a license that was removed after he wrote a letter acknowledging the dangers of driving: “If you take someone’s life in a car accident, you can not solve this problem, it happened and now you have to live with this for the rest of your life “. Judge David Rose praised the young driver’s academic achievements and found that “his regrets are genuine and deep”. Rose described Anaya as a young girl full of life. “At the age of 10 he already had dreams of going to Harvard.” Jax was energetic and fearless, he said, pushing the boundaries as much as a young boy could. “What is inevitable is that CZ is a focused, insightful and otherwise successful 17-year-old. “He has achieved a lot in his short time and has put himself on a path to continued success as an adult,” said the judge. “I can only think that if Jax and Anaya had not been killed that day, they would have had similar lives when they each turned 17. It is a bitter irony.” [email protected]
