Winnipeg parents want passenger of drunk driver charged, say ‘keys were the bullet’
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After Jordyn Reimer was killed by an impaired driver in May 2022, her parents want someone--who allegedly gave the driver the keys to his vehicle--to face charges as well.
The parents of a young Winnipeg woman who was killed by an impaired driver two years ago are saying they want justice beyond who was at the wheel.
Karen and Doug Reimer, mom and dad to Jordyn Reimer, are taking their push to the Manitoba government in hopes that more charges will be laid, and others held to account.
Jordyn was 24-year-old when she was killed by an impaired driver in May 2022. Now, Tyler Goodman, the man at the wheel, is serving a six-year prison sentence. But the Reimers want one of Goodman’s passengers, who allegedly gave him the keys to his vehicle, to face charges as well.
“In our minds, this is not different than if he had handed him the bullet for a gun, and the difference is that the keys were the bullet and the truck was the weapon. Had he not done that, Jordyn could be here today,” Jordyn’s mom said.
The couple said criminal negligence charges against the passenger were recommended by police, but the Crown did not pursue them.
“We are not happy with the prosecutor’s office, and their decision not to prosecute the passenger,” Karen Reimer said.
On Monday, the Reimers met with Justice Minister Matt Wiebe, asking for that decision to be reviewed.
The Reimers’ conversation did not go as expected.
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