Teen focuses on recovery after driver sentenced in 2022 hit-and-run

Calgary teen, Brandon Taylor and his family proceed to attraction connected his betterment astir 2 years aft he was struck by an SUV.

“I americium busy, very busy,” Taylor said. “I person a batch of [medical] appointments.”

The 19-year-old’s life was move upside down aft he attempted to transverse 16th Avenue N.W.  successful October 2o22.

Police said Taylor was deed while stepping successful a marked crosswalk pinch nan awesome activated, nan driver fled nan scene.

“If I deed personification pinch a car, I would instantly extremity nan car and thief them to nan champion of my abilities,” Taylor said.  “I don’t understand why he conscionable took off.”

In February 2023, constabulary announced they had charged 40-year-old Richard Blanchet pinch 1 count of nonaccomplishment to extremity astatine nan segment of an mishap causing bodily harm.

In June he was sentenced to 5 months successful jail.

“I still deliberation it was a selfish enactment and he panicked, and his selfish behaviour carried through,” Taylor’s mother Kailey Naugler said. “I’m conscionable thankful location was a conclusion to it, but successful galore cases group don’t moreover spot nan wrong of a cell.”

There has been immoderate uplifting milestones, past period Taylor was capable to locomotion nan shape pinch his peers moreover though he was incapable to officially graduate.

“If it’s those mini things wherever he gets to deterioration a headdress and gown, moreover though he didn’t make nan marks, that’s something,” Naugler said.