Coroner finds excessive speed, alcohol factors in car crash that killed three teenage hockey players

The BC Coroners Service report states that the three hockey players died due to blunt force injuries in the crash and alcohol, excessive speed were the contributing factors.

Parker Magnuson, Ronin Sharma and Caleb Reimer, who were aged between 16 and 17, were killed in a car crash in Surrey, BC, early morning on August 21, 2021.

According to the report, Magnuson was driving a Ford Focus west along 104th Avenue in Surrey at 2:40 a.m. when he missed a curve in the road and crashed into a tree. The car was travelling at 187 km/h.

In BC, N-level licences carry a zero-blood-alcohol restriction. Drivers with an N licence are also not allowed to have one passenger under 25 years old.