
Families of Kamloops, B.C. crash victims want case reviewed after driver escapes criminal charges
Global News
One the men, Owyn McInnis, was killed. The two others, Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse, sustained life-altering injuries.
Chris and Karri Brinnen have launched a letter-writing campaign hoping to get justice for their son and two of his friends, after learning criminal charges will not be laid in the multi-vehicle crash that killed one of the young men and left the others with life-altering injuries last year.
“We want justice, ” Karri Brinnen said. “We want justice for these boys.”
The three young men, all members of Thompson Rivers University’s men’s volleyball team, were involved in a serious collision on Nov. 23, 2023 in Kamloops.
One the men, Owyn McInnis, was killed. The two others, Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse, sustained life-altering injuries.
Last week, the families of all three were informed the man at the wheel of the truck that slammed into the Jetta Volkswagen that was carrying McInnis, Brinnen and Waterhouse will not be charged criminally and instead be ticketed for driving without due care and attention under B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act.
“Absolutely horrifying,” said Karri Brinnen.
Riley Brinnen was 21 years old at the time of the crash. He suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury, leaving him fully paralyzed in his left leg and partially paralyzed in his right.
He spent months at Vancouver General Hospital followed by several more months at the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre.