A driver for Brussels Transport
has been charged with careless driving in the death of a protester near the
entrance to the Fearman’s hog-packing plant in Burlington.
Halton Regional Police said “there
were no grounds to indicate that this was an intentional act or that a criminal
offence has been committed”.
The
28-year-man was charged after the police say they interviewed witnesses,
analyzed physical evidence and video footage.
Regan
Russell of Hamilton, a woman in her 60s, was a regular protester at the plant,
where trucks are often stopped by protesters so they could give the pigs water.
A
GoFundMe page has been created to support the driver.
The incident happened days after
the province passed legislation to try to stop animal welfare activists from
trespassing.
