OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash.

Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near Langham, Sask., when he crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing two people and seriously injuring another in 2017.

The trial judge sentenced him to six years in prison and a 10-year driving prohibition for criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

A majority of justices ruled that the driving prohibition was not an available sentence for criminal negligence under 2018 federal legislation{ai:summary}<p>Canada's Supreme Court has overturned a 10-year driving ban imposed on Braydon Wolfe, who was convicted of criminal negligence in a fatal highway crash in Saskatchewan in 2017. Wolfe had been sentenced to six years in prison for the incident that resulted in two deaths.  </p><p>#crime</p>

Supreme Court strikes down 10-year driving ban against Sask. man who caused fatal crash

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