Ontario woman who ran red light at 80 km/h gets two years in jail for crash that killed 75-year-old

A judge has sentenced a Markham, Ont., woman to two years in jail for driving through a red light three years ago at 80 kilometres an hour and causing the crash that killed a 75-year-old woman.

Joanne Chan was found guilty by a jury in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice of dangerous driving causing death. On top of the jail sentence, the judge banned Chan from driving in Canada for 15 years.

“On a clear, cold, and bright sunny day in January 2023, shortly before 2:30 p.m., Jason Malik was driving his 75 years old mother...