Overview

• Andrew Cristillo, 35, died in an Aug. 3 head-on collision in Whitchurch-Stouffville, and his wife and three young daughters were injured.
• Eighteen-year-old Jaiwin Kirubananthan faces charges including dangerous driving causing death, three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, failing to remain at a crash resulting in death, and public mischief, and police say he is the same person charged after a January incident involving an OPP cruiser carrying Premier Doug Ford.
• Kirubananthan is expected to appear in an Oshawa court on Monday as the case proceeds.
• The accused’s lawyer argues existing penalties are adequate, noting dangerous driving causing death carries a maximum life sentence and that bail-related driving bans are discretionary.
• The federal Justice Department points to 2018 reforms that raised maximum penalties and allow lifetime driving prohibitions, while a GoFundMe has surpassed $500,000 and the family’s petition has topped 10,000 signatures as Christina Cristillo continues her cancer fight.