Calgary man sentenced for Glenmore Trail crash, 2nd impaired driving collision - BERITAJA

A Calgary man who collapsed his mother’s stolen BMWs doubly successful 8 months will beryllium retired of situation conscionable earlier his 25th birthday.

Kane Anignostis Burrows, 20, has been sentenced to 4 and a half years for a fatal clang on Glenmore Trail, and six months for a 2nd clang months later, which damaged 7 parked vehicles.

Burrows pleaded blameworthy to vulnerable driving causing decease and causing bodily harm successful the Dec. 23, 2024 clang that killed a young man he described successful tribunal arsenic his champion friend, Zachary Legault, and injured different friend.

Court heard that Burrows was impaired by narcotics and intoxicant and driving astatine about doubly the velocity limit on Glenmore Trail, swerving successful and retired of lanes.

Despite the somesthesia successful the -20 C range, Burrows had the apical down successful the BMW convertible he had stolen from his mother.

Burrows’ licence was besides suspended astatine the clip of the crash.

It was dark, about 9:45 p.m., erstwhile the BMW struck a stationary crane that had pulled onto the enarthrosis of eastbound Glenmore Trail, adjacent the exit for Crowchild Trail.

Burrows was sentenced to 4 and a half years successful a national penitentiary for that crash.

It was the first of 2 successful an eight-month span. The 2nd clang occurred successful August of 2025 while Burrows was nether a driving suspension.

King’s Bench Justice Shane Parker said he believes the 2nd clang is simply a consequence of Burrows attempting to evade police, and successful doing so, he struck 7 parked vehicles.

Burrows was sentenced to a further six months for that collision.

Parker did not mince words, saying that Burrows drunk down the instrumentality is for illustration a “bullet to the caput for anyone adjacent a roadway.”

An agreed connection of facts shows that Burrows began drinking astatine property 13 and his dependency connected intoxicant became truthful beardown that he would achromatic out, past aftermath up to return shots earlier passing retired erstwhile again.

“Never return a sip again,” Parker said, speaking straight to Burrows.

Burrows addressed tribunal earlier sentencing, thanking his family for their emotion and support and apologizing for the harm he caused to the families of the young men killed aliases injured.

“I will not minimize what happened aliases make excuses,” Burrows said.

Burrows referred to the clang that took Legault’s life arsenic “an accident” successful court, thing Parker took peculiar objection to, pointing retired that Burrows was sober erstwhile he made the prime to return his mother’s car, spell drinking and get backmost down the wheel.

Burrows was fixed in installments for clip served, which leaves conscionable awkward of 4 years near connected his word of incarceration.