Saskatoon man pleads guilty to impaired driving in crash that killed 25-year-old e-scooter rider

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A Saskatoon antheral pleaded blameworthy to 2 charges successful narration to a clang that killed a 25-year-old riding an e-scooter past summer.

Wade Scott Chaboyer besides pleaded blameworthy to leaving the scene

Aishwarya Dudha · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 25, 2025 7:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

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A 25-year-old who was connected an e-scooter was killed successful a clang astatine Warman Road and Circle Drive successful Saskatoon connected Saturday, June 22, 2024. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)

A Saskatoon antheral pleaded blameworthy to 2 charges successful narration to a clang that killed a 25-year-old riding an e-scooter past summer.

Wade Scott Chaboyer was charged with fleeing the country of an accident, operating a centrifugal conveyance portion impaired and operating a centrifugal conveyance portion having a humor intoxicant attraction exceeding 80 mg of intoxicant causing death.

"[Chaboyer] entered a blameworthy plea to impaired cognition of a conveyance oregon conveyance causing decease arsenic good arsenic leaving the country of an mishap knowing oregon being reckless that decease oregon wounded had ensued," his defence lawyer Ron Piché said successful an interrogation Wednesday.  

Chaboyer entered the blameworthy pleas successful a packed courtroom connected Tuesday. 

"It's a calamity each the mode around," Piché said. "No condemnation is going to bring backmost the beloved 1 and I deliberation emotions were moving understandably high."

The clang happened connected Warman Road adjacent Circle Drive past June. Police said astatine the clip that a car had been travelling northbound connected Warman Road erstwhile it deed the 25-year-old.

"The unfortunate successful this lawsuit was precise good liked and helium had an fantabulous narration with his family," Piché said. 

He said Chaboyer has not been capable to spell backmost to enactment since the crash, is remorseful, doesn't person a anterior transgression grounds and wanted to spare the household a lengthy trial.

"This prosecution could person stretched connected virtually for 18 months to 2 years. Instead, it's coming to a beauteous accelerated close," Piché said. 

A sentencing day is expected to beryllium acceptable for aboriginal this summer. 

Piché said that the Crown and defence are adjacent to reaching a sentencing resolution.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aishwarya Dudha is simply a newsman for CBC Saskatchewan based successful Saskatoon. She specializes successful immigration, justness and taste issues and elevating voices of susceptible people. She has antecedently worked for CBC News Network and Global News. You tin email her astatine [email protected]

    With files from Dan Zakreski

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