Five weeks have been set aside in BC Supreme Court in Kamloops for the trial of a man accused in a fatal boat crash on Shuswap Lake in July 2010.
Leon Reinbrecht, 50, from Celista, was the operator of a speedboat that collided head-on with a houseboat on the 2010 Canada Day weekend, leaving the 18-foot Campion Runabout fully embedded inside the houseboat’s cabin. Killed in the crash was houseboat owner and driver, 53-year-old Kenneth William (Kenny) Brown of Chase. Eight people were injured.
Reinbrecht faces charges of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
Rather than going through a preliminary inquiry, the Crown opted for a rarely used route – proceeding by the more streamlined direct indictment. Jury selection is set for Sept. 3, while the trial is scheduled on Sept. 9.