Dustin Zinter testifies in his own defence at fatal hit-and-run trial
NANAIMO — The man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in Cedar testified he was not impaired, was not on his cell phone and was in his own lane when the crash occurred.
Dustin Dennis Zinter, 41, explained his version of events on Nov. 10, 2015 on Yellow Point Rd., where Heidi Barbara Plato, 51, of Ladysmith was killed after two pickups collided.
Zinter said it was raining the night of the crash when he went out to buy cigarettes. He testified he was going north on Yellow Point Rd. when he was distracted by the single-working headlamp on Plato’s truck.
“I was coming around the s-curve and it was like the brightest f*cking headlight comes out of nowhere and I screamed blue bloody murder.”