Sahota Acquitted in Toronto Hit-and-Run

0:00It's April 20th. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. Arjun Zahota, just walked free after a judge alone trial, acquitted him on all three charges tied to a hidden run crash that left a pedestrian with. Serious, live-changing injuries back on October 20th, 2022. The incident went down around 10.40 p.m., New York and Adelaide Streets in Toronto. Zahota was driving his BMW the wrong way on a one-way street when he struck Rahim Alani, who was crossing, then sped off against traffic before, turning himself into police weeks later on November 8th. Alani ended up with a fractured vertebra, broken leftibia, concussions, dizziness, and more than a week in the hospital stuff that I'll stick with. Him forever, no doubt shaking up his whole life and family. Even though the judge straight up didn't buy Zahota's claim of blacking out with foggy memory, she pointed to defense experts suggesting a possible seizure

1:00and post-seizure state back by some medical history and witness accounts of his blank demeanor right after. That reasonable doubt sealed the not guilty verdict on impaired driving causing harm, dangerous driving causing harm, and failing to remain at the scene, wrapping the case without full public reasons from the bench.