Passenger arrested in Wellington Crescent crash that killed cyclist

Winnipeg police have made a second arrest in a high-speed, hit-and-run collision that killed a 61-year-old cyclist on Wellington Crescent in June.

The 18-year-old suspect is facing a charge of leaving the scene of the collision that killed Canadian Museum for Human Rights employee Rob Jenner.

The Criminal Code charge alleges the suspect knew or was reckless as to whether the collision resulted in death.

He was released on an undertaking, and has not yet been formally charged.

Police previously charged the alleged driver, Beckham Keneth Severight, 19, with dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop at the scene.

Winnipeg Police Service spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said it appears, at some point, each suspect had driven the vehicle before the collision.

The passenger also faced an obligation to report the collision, police said.

“The onus would still be on you to report it, or get somebody to stop,” McKinnon said.

Jenner was cycling east on Wellington Crescent, near Cockburn Street North, when he was hit by a vehicle headed in the same direction at about 7 a.m. on June 6, the day after his birthday.

He died of his injuries after being taken to hospital in critical condition.

Police said a white BMW was being driven at high speed when the cyclist was hit.

The empty vehicle was later found.

Jenner, a grandfather, was cycling to work when he was killed. His family called on the City of Winnipeg to “do more” to make roads safer for cyclists, while asking drivers to “take extra care and patience” when they pass cyclists.

“We don’t want another family to experience this grief,” the family wrote in a statement in June.

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