Trucker guilty of careless driving causing 2020 death of animal rights activist

In Burlington, Ontario, truck driver Andrew Blake pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death in the June 2020 death of Regan Russell, an animal rights activist who protested near a pig slaughterhouse. Blake was fined £2,000 and received a 12-month probation restricting him to work-related driving. Crown and defense acknowledged that Russell stood near the truck’s path during the turn into Fearmans Pork; the agreed facts stated there was no evidence of intent to harm. The case came amid a contested provincial law increasing trespassing fines and prohibitions on blocking trucks at food facilities.