Sentencing hearing begins for man, mother involved in fatal crash

Dozens of friends and family members flooded a Winnipeg courtroom Tuesday as the sentencing hearing began for a man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving in a fatal collision that killed a 24-year-old woman.

Dozens of friends and family members flooded a Winnipeg courtroom Tuesday as the sentencing hearing began for a man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving in a fatal collision that killed a 24-year-old woman.

The group of around 80 people donned purple “Justice for Jordyn” t-shirts in support of drunk driving victim Jordyn Reimer and her family.

Reimer was a designated driver for a group of friends the night she was struck and killed by Tyler Goodman in Transcona on May 1, 2022. At the time, Goodman was just days away from his 29th birthday.

On May 15, 2023, 30-year-old Goodman pleaded guilty to charges of impaired driving causing death and failing to stop at an accident resulting in death. His mother Laurie Goodman pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.

The Crown is seeking a six-year sentence for the impaired driving causing death charge with an additional consecutive one-year sentence for failing to stop at the scene. In the case of Laurie Goodman, the Crown and the defence put forward a joint recommendation for a six-month conditional sentence on her obstruction charge. However, the defence is expected to ask for fewer restrictions when they make their submissions.

Statement of facts recount night of collision

Crown attorney Matt Armstrong read out an agreed statement of facts that outlined the night of the high-profile crash. Court heard that on April 30, 2022, Goodman consumed nine or 10 drinks at the Joe’s Pandora Inn bar in Transcona between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. When the bar was closing, Goodman and his friends purchased a case of 15 beers. Before getting behind the wheel, one of his passengers initially took the keys away from Goodman, but ended up returning the keys and piling into Goodman’s 2019 Dodge Ram truck -- registered in his mother’s name -- around 2 a.m.