A woman who stood trial after the death of a road crew worker on the highway south of Nanaimo has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, but not guilty of impaired driving.

Christianne Marie Boufford was charged with with dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and impaired driving causing death, after Raymond Ferguson was killed while working with Hub City Paving on the Trans-Canada Highway in the Minetown and Kipp roads area on Sept. 23, 2021.

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo, justice Douglas Thompson rendered his decision, finding Boufford was guilty of the first two charges and not guilty of the remaining counts.

In April, blood-alcohol-related evidence was deemed inadmissible

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