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Suspended sentence for mother charged in triple-fatal New Year’s crash

Uche Osagie pleaded guilty on Aug. 12 to careless driving causing bodily harm, three other charges dropped
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Britney, Destiny and Flourish Osagie died in a crash on Highway 17 on Jan. 1, 2020. Their mother, Uche Osagie, pleaded guilty on Aug. 12 to one count of careless driving causing bodily harm.

A mother whose three children died in a New Year’s Day car crash in 2020 received a suspended sentence on Aug. 12 after she pleaded guilty in Provincial Offences Court to careless driving causing bodily harm.

Uche Osagie was driving a car on Highway 17 early on New Year’s day last year, when the vehicle left the roadway. 

Her three children, Britney Osagie, 6, and brothers Flourish, 10, and Destiny, 11, students at Chelmsford Public School, were killed in the single-vehicle crash near the Highway 144 interchange.

The children were laid to rest on Jan. 18 with hundreds of community members in attendance. 

There was an outpouring from the Greater Sudbury community after the tragic crash, including a candlelight vigil and online fundraiser.

Another 10-year-old boy who was also in the vehicle was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was airlifted to Toronto for treatment.

Osagie was charged in April 2020 with careless driving causing death and careless driving causing bodily harm.

The three counts of careless driving causing death were withdrawn by the Crown.

After serving her suspended sentence, Osagie will be on probation for 12 months.

The Osagie family is originally from Nigeria, and were recent newcomers to Greater Sudbury when the crash happened.

Osagie told local media that when the crash occurred, they were on their way back from Toronto after meeting with a lawyer due to their appeal for permanent residency being denied.


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