“Leila was crossing the street like she did so many other times. She spoke about being unable to sleep, and how her heart skips a beat every time Leila’s monitor goes off, terrified something will happen. “I miss her every day, in every second and in every breath we take.”
“Without Leila we will never be whole again,” she told the courts.
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Following the crash, she was kept in an induced coma for several weeks and continues to require constant care. Leila, now 13, is bound to a wheelchair and remains non-responsive. She was also sending and receiving multiple text messages prior to hitting Bui.Īn officer that searched Nikirk’s vehicle after the crash did not find any apparatus that would connect her cellphone to her car for hands-free use. Throughout trial, court heard how Nikirk had been speeding and driving erratically. 20, 2017, then 11-year-old Leila was crossing the street in a crosswalk on her way to school when she was struck and thrown several metres by a late model Mercedes SUV driven by Nikirk. Monday was an emotional first day of sentencing for Tenessa Nikirk, who was found guilty of one count of dangerous driving resulting in bodily harm in January. Leila Bui’s mother has cried more in the past two years than she has her entire life.
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