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Some might not accept this apology or that this even explains why he has not previously spoken to the family. Certainly, it won’t satisfy his political enemies — at least a few of whom are gleefully responsible for ensuring this matter has come forward during the 2020 Saskatchewan election campaign.
But contrary to some social media posts, Moe has never shied away from the accident story that was in newspapers when it happened 1997.
Those who have asked Moe have heard his story that he was driving to work at his business in farm chemical application that May morning after having breakfast with his grandparents when he made his fatal error.
He says he missed the stop sign because of the sunrise. Moe was charged with the traffic violation of driving without due care and attention, but was not charged with any Criminal Code offences by RCMP officers who attended and reconstructed the accident.
Some may find this appalling and point to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash where trucker Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 30, pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving causing death or bodily injury. He was sentenced to eight years. In that case, Sidhu was determined to have been sufficiently distracted looking back at a loose tarp to warrant dangerous driving charges.
However, accidents — even ones with fatalities and at-fault drivers — don’t always produce criminal charges. Consider the Sept. 10, 2004 crash when four youths were killed on the Trans-Canada Highway just south of Regina when an underaged driver crossed the median into a semi. Prosecutors did not charge the driver.
