The lawyer representing the owner of Rainbow Concrete has issued a short statement saying the charges his client faces are “without merit.”
Boris Naneff was charged Monday, July 30 with criminal negligence causing death in connection to a Feb. 15, 2017 fatality at the company's headquarters on Maley Drive.
In a news release, Greater Sudbury Police said he was charged and was released on a promise to appear. His next court date is set for Sept. 26.
Naneff was charged using the Westray Bill, which allows the owners of companies to face criminal charges when investigators believe they have not taken “reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task.”
“We consider these allegations to be without merit,” lawyer Berk Keaney said in the statement. “Rainbow Concrete looks forward to defending the charges and obtaining vindication.
“As these allegations are presently before the court, we will have no further comment.”
Rhéal Dionne died while driving a dump truck at Rainbow Concrete. His father, Julien Dionne, told Sudbury.com at the time that his son was using the truck to haul snow when he drove it through an archway on company property, and part of the structure collapsed onto the vehicle.
The heavy debris crashed through the top of the truck's cab, crushing his son.
