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Driver on trial for 2021 fatal Parkside Drive crash testifies he blacked out | Globalnews.ca

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Artur Kotula , 41 , is accused of dangerous driving causing death trial in Toronto .

The Burlington , Ont ., man says he started having blurry vision on October 12, 2021 .

Kotula says he changed lanes and tried to pull over around High Park Boulevard .

He says he had a seizure 400 metres prior to the collision that killed Valdemar and Fatima Avila .

Kotula 's speed was 124 km /h just two -and-a-half seconds prior to the crash and his foot was depressed on the gas pedal at 99 per cent .

Kotula briefly braked until two seconds prior and struck the back of the Avilas ’ Toyota Matrix.

The trial continues.

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