Montreal taxi Driver Guercy Edmond appears in court Wednesday. (CBC)

Dozens of taxi drivers gathered in front of a Montreal courthouse Wednesday morning in support of their colleague, who faces charges in a hit and run. (CBC/ Dan Halton)

Montreal's taxi drivers, 2012

Cabbie hit and run followed racially charged fare dispute
Cab driver accused in incident captured on video gets bail
CBC News Posted: May 2, 2012 7:57 AM ET Last Updated: May 2, 2012 5:36 PM ET
Montreal taxi Driver Guercy Edmond appears in court Wednesday. (CBC)

A Montreal cab driver has been freed on bail after a weekend hit and run that reportedly came after passengers disputed a fare and made racially charged comments.

Guercy Edmond, 47, who is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, hit and run and dangerous driving, got bail with several conditions after the incident early Sunday morning that was captured on camera by at least two witnessess and left a 23-year-old man in hospital.

Edmond’s wife must sign an undertaking with the court, meaning she would forfeit $3,000 if he breaches his conditions.

Edmond is also not allowed to contact the victim or take customers in his cab on Saint-Laurent Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and St. Joseph Street, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m ET.

Kareem Alli walks out of the Ottawa Courthouse Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.(DARREN BROWN/QMI AGENCY)

Man, 19, off to prison for street race that killed friend 

MEGAN GILLIS, QMI AGENCY

FIRST POSTED: MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012 12:28 PM EDT | UPDATED: MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012 12:33 PM EDT

Kareem Alli walks out of the Ottawa Courthouse Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.(DARREN BROWN/QMI AGENCY)

Man, 19, convicted in fatal street race
OTTAWA – A 19-year-old man was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years behind bars for a street race that killed his friend.

Kareem Alli was convicted of dangerous driving causing death while street racing in the crash that killed Christian “Sisco” Williams, 18, in June 2010.

Williams crashed his Honda into a lamppost in the city’s south end as the pair raced through a suburban neighbourhood in broad daylight.

Alli was driving a Mustang convertible without a driver’s licence.

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Mike Armstrong died following Mohamed Nasrallah's hit-and-run

Driver in gas station hit-and-run found guilty
By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa Citizen April 12, 2012

Peter’s Gas Bar clerk Mike Armstrong.

OTTAWA — A getaway driver who struck and seriously injured a Bells Corners gas station clerk after his friends stole cigarettes has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

A jury found Mohamed Nasrallah, 24, guilty of the two counts after only four hours of deliberations Wednesday night. Nasrallah admitted to being behind the wheel of the Honda Civic that struck Peter’s Gas Bar clerk Mike Armstrong on March 23, 2009.

One dead, one in police custody facing charges after Range Rover hits pole at high speed on Mount Pleasant Road

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Oliver Karafa

When David Craig arrived at his Mount Pleasant Rd. workplace Tuesday morning, he found a graveyard of debris at his office door, the result of an early morning crash that left one young man dead and another in police custody.

“The car was completely demolished,” said Mr. Craig. “There were only three larger visible parts and thousands of small parts were scattered everywhere, including the parking lot,” and even damaged his office door.

The vehicle, a black Range Rover, was split in two, with one half ending up on the sidewalk and the other mangled several metres down the road.

According to investigators, the 24-year-old male passenger was killed when the car, travelling at high speed along Mount Pleasant between Lawrence and Eglinton avenues, hit a curb and rocketed sideways into a pole near Stibbard Avenue.

The driver, Oliver Karafa, a 19-year-old Toronto male, walked away from the wreckage with minor injuries, but was arrested at the scene.

“Speed and alcohol are the main factors in this accident with debris all over the roads and on lawns as far as 100 metres from the scene of the crash,” said Constable Hugh Smith, Toronto Police Traffic Services. “The driver is charged … criminal negligence causing death, impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and over 80 milligrams causing death.”

Man pleads guilty for role in triple-fatal, high-speed crash

By Sam Pazzano ,Toronto Sun

TORONTO - A convicted fraudster who admitted his reckless, high-speed driving killed three people and seriously injured two others in an horrific west end crash will be sentenced on March 2.

Roman Luskin, 23, was driving his 1999 BMW at between 150 and 200 km/h on Finch Ave. W. and Tobermory Dr. shortly before his vehicle tore the Honda Odyssey van into four pieces on Sat. Oct. 17, 2009, said Crown attorney Melisa Montemurro in reading an agreed statement of facts.

The collision ejected Kim Hon To, 44, her daughter Christine Taing, 24, and Ms. Thi Mui Quach, 64, and they were pronounced dead at the scene, Montemurro told Justice Gary Trotter.

The van driver, Si Pho Taing, 43, who is To’s husband and Christine’s father, sustained a broken right collarbone and another passenger Hon Tran, 36, suffered serious bodily harm, including brain trauma, and continues to receive therapy and medications to this day. The two women were friends of the Taing family from their church congregation/

Luskin pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal neglience causing death for the three deceased and impaired driving causing bodily harm for Mr. Taing and Ms. Tran.

Thirunavukkarasu, insurance fraudster, public menace and clearly a "model contributor" to Canada

South Asian Man Who Staged Crashes Admits To $1.5 Million Insurance Fraud

TORONTO – A 38-year-old South Asian man from Scarborough who staged more than a dozen crashes and defrauded insurance companies of $1.5 million pleaded guilty in a University Avenue courtroom Friday.

Uthayakanthan Thirunavukkarasu, also known as Max or Mano, admitted to participating in a criminal organization, proceeds of crime, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and fraud charges, reported Citytv News Toronto.

In 2007, Thirunavukkarasu’s organization cruised salvage yards for wrecked vehicles that had been written off. Then a licensed mechanic would supply fraudulent safety certificates and members would crash the cars into each other on city streets.