Petronella H. McNorgan

The defence implored the jury not to convict a grandmother over “an accident.” But the Crown argued what Petronella McNorgan, 79, did when she sped through a busy London intersection in her SUV, reaching speeds of 121 km/h, hitting a Jeep, a light standard, and driving into a unit of

Petronella McNorgan called herself “a careful, conscientious and competent driver.” After 56 years behind the wheel without a ticket for decades, she said she especially knew how to drive in London and specifically when she had to start slowing down on Riverside Drive before reaching the busy intersection at Wonderland

The physical pain from being hit by a flying car part has faded, but not the memory. “I definitely have had to work on managing stress levels and stuff like that after the accident,” said the 17-year-old junior Girl Guide leader who testified at the trial of Petronella McNorgan, 78

Petronella McNorgan insisted after she crashed her SUV into a group of young Girl Guides that it wasn’t her driving but her brakes that had failed. “As I tried to hit the brake to slow down at the red light, the car just sort of sped up, the opposite of

The driver charged in a crash that killed a young girl and injured other members of her Brownies troupe is facing two new lawsuits stemming from the 2021 collision in west London. Read More