Toronto Driver's Deadly Road Rage: Guilty or Innocent?

0:00It's April 30th. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. A Toronto driver named Shabari Toll is on trial for dangerous driving that killed a man nearly five years ago. Back on October 15th, 2021, the 23-year-old floored his minivan to over 150 kilometers per hour, three times. The 50-kilometer limit on Burnham Thore Road before slamming into an SUV. That crashed at the life of 59-year-old Carlos Dienes. Defense argues Toll was in pure fighter flight after a road rage run-in. He'd cut off a black BMW at Kipling and Burnham Thorep, nearly colliding through a yellow light. The BMW driver allegedly chased him, yelled to pull over and flashed a handgun. Toll, shop before in Trinidad back in 2016, panicked and gunded for about 25 seconds. The impact hit hard, Dienes died on the spot and witnesses nearby dodged, disaster. Toll has no criminal or traffic record, described as a straight arrow guy who wouldn't race

1:03a sluggish 2008 Pontiac Montana against a BMW in daylight, unless scared for his life. Crown prosecutor pushes back hard, saying even if the gun story holds, speeding like that was way out of line for any reasonable person. They note Toll passed the fire station without stopping for help, ignored turns or breaking to shake the tail, and post-crash he only said the SUV came. From nowhere, no word of the chase to anyone. Jury got both sides, Thursday, deliberations kicking off tonight. Whatever they decide, this case spotlights how quick roadbeams turned deadly in seconds.