A person discovered responsible of harmful driving inflicting demise in 2021 heard from the sufferer’s household in a Barrie courtroom on Friday forward of his sentencing.
Vincent Vallee, 38, sat within the courtroom as John Bull’s son, daughter and spouse gave emotional sufferer affect statements.
Bull’s widow, Mary Louise, advised Vallee her soul and spirit have been damaged, and their hearts hole.
“I am so lost without my John,” she mentioned. “It makes me so angry and sad that I will never again hear his voice or his laughter.”
Vallee was behind the wheel of a dump truck that failed to remain in its lane whereas heading right into a curve on Quarry Highway on Feb. 5, 2021.
The court docket heard the dump truck crossed the centre line and crashed into Bull’s oncoming GMC Jimmy, killed the 60-year-old man immediately.
Justice Susan Healey discovered Vallee responsible in March, concluding he was rushing within the moments earlier than the crash and did not decelerate sufficient heading into what the decide referred to as a drastic curve within the street.
Bull was a revered enterprise proprietor and mechanic, married to his spouse for almost 40 years. He was a lover of basic automobiles and his household.
“I am only half a person now,” his widow advised the court docket. “He died alone. The pain of not being able to say goodbye or say ‘I love you’ one last time breaks my heart.”John Bull, 60, of Severn Township, was killed in a collision on Quarry Highway on Feb. 5, 2021. (Equipped)
Bull’s kids described for the court docket the emotional, psychological and bodily trauma they’ve suffered following their father’s demise.
“He was my rock. He was my calm. He was my peace,” Bull’s daughter, Justine mentioned. “I was the true definition of a daddy’s girl.”
She went on to inform the court docket about having to clarify to her kids their papa was gone.
“There is a void in our family where our dad used to be, and there is no way to fill it,” she added.
His son, Mitchell Bull, described being on the scene of the crash, and having to take over the household enterprise with out his function mannequin and father by his aspect.
When Vallee addressed the court docket he provided an apology to Bull’s household.
“I stand here today with a heavy heart. I am deeply remorseful for the tragic accident that resulted in the loss of a life,” he mentioned. “I understand that no apology can undo the harm that has been done.”
Regardless of the Crown arguing for Vallee to spend as much as three years in jail adopted by a 10-year driving ban, Justice Healey handed him a conditional sentence beneath home arrest for 2 years much less a day, plus two years probation, and a six-year driving ban.
Vallee may also have to meet 150 hours of neighborhood service. “This should be a part of taking duty or making amends,” the decide famous.
