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‘We were screaming, crying, trying to get out’: Fatal Ontario boat crash trial continues | Globalnews.ca

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Filip Grkovski is facing eight charges including two counts of criminal negligence causing death.

Zaynab Altakawee was one of four survivors trapped inside the cabin of a motorized boat that crashed near Outer Harbour Marina on May 31, 2022 .

Megan Wu , 24 , of Newmarket , and Julio Abrantes , 34 , of Richmond Hill , who were also passengers on board the boat, were killed.

Court heard Grkovski ’s blood was drawn in hospital at 4:33 am on June 1, 2022 .

The toxicology report also found an inactive metabolite in his blood that indicated he had used cocaine a day or two before the accident.

The trial continues.