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A 20-year-old man who was at the wheel of car that plunged off a road and killed a Saint John teenager last June pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing death on Thursday.
Nicholas Pike of Saint John changed his plea on the first day of a scheduled two-day preliminary inquiry in Saint John provincial court. He will remain behind bars until his sentencing on July 5.
Pike did not enter a plea on the second charge of impaired driving causing death. The Crown prosecutor said she will make a motion with respect to the second charge on the day of sentencing.
Kylee Wallace, 15, was a Grade 10 student at Saint John High School, when she was killed. She was one of five passengers in a car that plunged over a nine-metre embankment on the city's east side last June after an end of school party. She was thrown from the car.
Raylene Wallace said it's some relief that Pike has finally taken some responsibility for her daughter's death.
"It would have been nice not to have been put through the last amount of months waiting and waiting, and dealing with this on top of dealing with your loss," she said outside court, clutching an urn containing her daughter's ashes.
Wallace said she's already missed out on celebrating Kylee's 16th birthday and will always wonder what her life would have been like.
"Sometimes it's hard to believe that this is the reality. You know, I'm still waiting for her to come home," she said.
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"You just think of everything you're not going to have. It's not just about this year. It's about next year and when she would have graduated, and what she would have done. Would she have married and had children. You miss out on her entire life."
Wallace is planning a safe drive home program called For the Love of Kylee this June. Teens who are out celebrating the end of school will be able to call a number and get a ride home from volunteers.
"I don't want anyone else to go through what I've gone through and my family has gone through," she said.
The For the Love of Kylee Safe Drive Home Program will be held on June 17, 18, 24 and 25 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Anyone who wants to get involved can email Raylene Wallace at fortheloveofkylee2011@hotmail.com, or visit the Facebook page.
Nicholas Pike of Saint John changed his plea on the first day of a scheduled two-day preliminary inquiry in Saint John provincial court. He will remain behind bars until his sentencing on July 5.
Pike did not enter a plea on the second charge of impaired driving causing death. The Crown prosecutor said she will make a motion with respect to the second charge on the day of sentencing.
Kylee Wallace, 15, was a Grade 10 student at Saint John High School, when she was killed. She was one of five passengers in a car that plunged over a nine-metre embankment on the city's east side last June after an end of school party. She was thrown from the car.
Raylene Wallace said it's some relief that Pike has finally taken some responsibility for her daughter's death.
"It would have been nice not to have been put through the last amount of months waiting and waiting, and dealing with this on top of dealing with your loss," she said outside court, clutching an urn containing her daughter's ashes.
Wallace said she's already missed out on celebrating Kylee's 16th birthday and will always wonder what her life would have been like.
"Sometimes it's hard to believe that this is the reality. You know, I'm still waiting for her to come home," she said.
Planning Safe Drive Home
"You just think of everything you're not going to have. It's not just about this year. It's about next year and when she would have graduated, and what she would have done. Would she have married and had children. You miss out on her entire life."
Wallace is planning a safe drive home program called For the Love of Kylee this June. Teens who are out celebrating the end of school will be able to call a number and get a ride home from volunteers.
"I don't want anyone else to go through what I've gone through and my family has gone through," she said.
The For the Love of Kylee Safe Drive Home Program will be held on June 17, 18, 24 and 25 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Anyone who wants to get involved can email Raylene Wallace at fortheloveofkylee2011@hotmail.com, or visit the Facebook page.
