A Markham man has been found guilty of causing the collision that killed a York Regional Police officer back in 2022.<\/p>\n
Const. Travis Gillespie, who was 38 years old, was on his way to work when he was killed in the two-vehicle crash on Major Mackenzie Drive, west of Warden Avenue, at around 6 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the crash involved a white Honda Accord, driven by Gillespie, and a black Porsche Cayenne. They tell CityNews one of the drivers crossed the centre line and collided with an oncoming vehicle.<\/p>\n
Gillespie died of his injuries at the scene.<\/p>\n
The other driver, Haoju Zhou, who was 23 at the time of the crash, was charged with impaired operation causing death and dangerous operation causing death.<\/p>\n
He was found guilty of both charges on Monday. Zhou\u2019s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 16, 2026 and he will remain out on bail until then.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years later, Travis remains deeply missed by his family, friends, and colleagues. Our thoughts are with the Gillespie family as they continue to mourn a life taken far too soon,\u201d read a statement from York Police Chief, Jim MacSween.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased with this result, and grateful to all who played a role in delivering justice for
Travis in the wake of his death.\u201d<\/p>\n
McSween also thanked Peel Regional Police\u2019s Major Collision Investigation Unit, for their \u201cprofessionalism and dedication in conducting this complex investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Markham man has been found guilty of causing the collision that killed a York Regional Police officer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-245516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}