Alberta man loses appeal for fatal Sicamous collision
Justice Karen Horsman has dismissed the appeal of Kent Gordon Rumbles, an Alberta man sentenced to four years in prison following a fatal head-on collision in Sicamous.
The incident occurred on November 6, 2021, on the Bruhn Bridge. Rumbles, driving an eastbound pickup truck, crossed the center line and collided with a westbound truck. The driver of the second vehicle, 48-year-old Shaun Stacey Michael of Kamloops, died at the scene. Rumbles sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Rumbles was convicted of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, impaired operation of a conveyance causing death, and operating a conveyance with a blood alcohol level of 80 milligrams or more per 100 millilitres causing death. Evidence presented during the proceedings indicated that Rumbles, an insulin-dependent diabetic, had purchased alcohol during his trip and consumed hard seltzers while driving erratically.
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Bruhn Bridge · Karen Horsman · Kent Gordon Rumbles · Shaun Stacey Michael · Sicamous
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- [● 3 SOURCES] Rumbles was found to have operated a conveyance with 80 milligrams or more of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood causing death. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Rumbles was convicted of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and impaired operation of a conveyance causing death. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Justice Karen Horsman dismissed the appeal of Kent Gordon Rumbles. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Shaun Stacey Michael died at the scene of the collision. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] A head-on collision occurred on the Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous on November 6, 2021. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Kent Gordon Rumbles was sentenced to four years in prison in March 2025. abbynews.com · pentictonwesternnews.com · saanichnews.com