Death of Regan Russell
Still from surveillance footage of the transport truck approaching where Russell was standing at the entrance of the slaughterhouse premises, approximately one second before she was run over. | |
| Date | June 19, 2020 |
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| Time | 10:22 a.m. (EDT; UTC−04:00) |
| Location | Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°22′44.4″N 79°45′56.3″W / 43.379000°N 79.765639°W |
| Type | Traffic fatality |
| Perpetrator | Andrew Blake |
| Convictions | Careless driving causing death |
| Sentence | CA$2000 fine 12 months' probation |
On June 19, 2020, 65-year-old Canadian animal rights activist and protester Regan Russell was run over and killed by the driver of a livestock transport truck after a demonstration outside Sofina Foods Inc. subsidiary Fearman's Pork Inc., a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. The driver of the truck was convicted of careless driving causing death.