Sentencing Decision Adjourned in Fatal Hit and Run
LETHBRIDGE: The sentencing decision of Edward James Mikla has been adjourned to next week, in the hit and run that claimed the life of Lorne Miller.
Around 2:30-AM on January 26, 2014, Miller finished work downtown and left for home on his bike. While Miller was riding over the Stafford Drive overpass, Mikla struck him from behind with his vehicle, then sped up to flee the scene. The Crown stressed that Mikla did not stop or take the time to call 911. It wasn’t until two days later that Mikla turned himself in to police, after consulting with a lawyer.
Miller survived that night, but suffered extensive head trauma, and died as a result of his injuries in May of 2014.
In July of 2015, Mikla entered a guilty plea to a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. It was noted that he was a suspended driver at the time of the incident.