The Canadian Press
WELLAND, Ont. — A coroner’s inquest jury examining the car crash death of a young woman has issued 27 recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.
But notably absent from the recommendations is any mention of the controversy that led to the inquest in the first place.
The inquest into the death of Reilly Anzovino was called after her family and community members raised concerns that the closure of two Niagara-area emergency rooms played a role.
The 18-year-old died in December 2009 after a car crash on rural Highway 3, almost exactly halfway between two hospitals in Fort Erie and Port Colborne, Ont.
Emergency rooms at both hospitals had been closed, and paramedics were forced to make the longer drive to Welland, Ont.
Throughout the inquest, which began on Oct. 31, the jury heard from various witnesses that Anzovino’s injuries were so extensive that she likely would have died even if both ERs were open.
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