Calgary cab driver Stanislaw Maguder's hit-and-run trial begins in death of teen
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Issue at trial will be intent, says Maguder's lawyer
Tyla Chipaway died in March 2015 after she was run over while lying in the middle of 16th Avenue N.E. (Facebook) 
Meghan Grant CBC Calgary reporter Meghan Grant is the courts and crime reporter for CBC Calgary. A Calgary cab driver has admitted to killing a 16-year-old girl when he drove over her while she was lying in the middle of the road, but the issue at Stanislaw Maguder's trial will be intent, according to his lawyer. Maguder is charged with hit-and-run knowing a death occurred. His trial began Monday in connection with the 2015 death of Tyla Chipaway. The Associated Cab driver ran over Chipaway around 3:30 a.m. when she was lying down in the westbound centre lane in the 600 block of 16th Avenue N.E. At the time of her death, Chipaway had a blood alcohol level of .21, according to an agreed statement of facts. In the hours after her death, Maguder told the taxi driver who he shared a vehicle with that he "bumped something on 16th Avenue in night time ... some stuff or luggage kind of thing lying in the road." After he struck Chipaway, Maguder got his taxi washed at a car wash and then went home. Witnesses who were driving by stopped, tried to help Chipaway, and called 911. Maguder was arrested about 16 hours after the accident. The trial is set to last all week and prosecutor Elaine Ahn indicated there is video footage of the incident from both the cab and a nearby Co-op. |