Mother heartbroken after no criminal charges recommended in B.C. party-bus death
VANCOUVER — The grieving mother of a 23-year-old woman who died after falling out of a party bus says she’s heartbroken that criminal charges won’t be laid in the case.
Vancouver police said Tuesday that a malfunctioning door was a main factor in the death of Chelsea James. The owner and driver have been fined under the Motor Vehicle Act, but there is no offence in the Criminal Code to charge them with, police said.
“We just think it’s crazy that there’s nothing, after you’ve adapted a door that didn’t work and there’s been a death,” said the young woman’s mother, Shelly James, through tears.
“That breaks our hearts.”