Janet Dudgeon, 61, was killed and her mother Barbara, 84, was injured in a crash in Surrey last March
Jesse Johnston · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2018 4:29 PM PT | Last Updated: September 27
Collision investigators photograph the scene of the hit and run on 72nd Avenue. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)
The family of the woman who was killed in a crash in Surrey last year says they're relieved an arrest has finally been made in the case.
Janet Dudgeon, 61, and her mother Barbara, 84, were travelling through the intersection of 72 Avenue and 152 Street in Surrey on March 22.
It was around 6:35pm when an eastbound van smashed into their sedan, killing Janet and leaving Barbara with serious injuries.
"We miss her terribly," said Janet's daughter, Melissa Gambone.
"My grandmother, too. We miss the way she was before the injury."
On Tuesday, police arrested Iqbal Singh Sidhu, 69, in Surrey.
Sidhu appeared in provincial court in Surrey on Wednesday to face 15 charges, including manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death.
"It was definitely a long, complicated investigation," said Sgt. Chad Greig with Surrey RCMP.
"We hope the charges being laid will bring some solace to the family of the deceased."
Sidhu was released from custody on several conditions.
Serious charges
Gambone says her family is pleased to see the accused has been charged with manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
"It means that our society is looking at impaired driving with a little more seriousness," she said.