Emma Czornobaj guilty in 2 highway deaths after stopping for ducks

A woman who stopped to help a group of ducklings onthe side of the road in 2010 has been found guilty of causing the deaths ofa motorcyclist and his passenger daughter who slammed into herparked car on a Montreal-area highway.

EmmaCzornobajwas convicted Friday on two counts ofcriminal negligence causing death and two counts of dangerousdriving causing death.

Czornobaj, 25, was charged afterAndre Roy, 50, andhis daughter, Jessie, 16, were killed.

Roy's motorcycle slammed intoCzornobaj'scar, which was stoppedin the left lane of a provincial highway inCandiac, south ofMontreal.

His daughter was riding on the back of the motorcycle when thecollision happened on June 27, 2010.

• Quebec motorist accused in two deaths said she was helping ducks

Pauline Volikakis, the wife and mother of the two victims, was in court to hear the verdict.

She was following her family on her own motorcyclewhen the collision occurred.She was driving more slowly and managed to avoid injury.

"My feelings are that it is time that we go on. This will not bring back my loved ones," she said.

A provincial police officer testified at the trial that Roy, whose speed was estimated to be from 113 km/h to 129 km/h when heapplied his brakes, collided withCzornobaj'scar at between 105km/h and 121 km/h.

The jury was told the speed was higher than the prescribed 90km/h limit on the road.

The trial heard thatCzornobaj, who had three years ofdrivingexperience at the time, had stopped to rescue ducklings on the sideof the road.

The professed animal lover told the court that she did not seethe ducklings' mother anywhere and planned to capture them and takethem home.

Czornobaj's lawyer saidthe defencewill be pushing for no jail time because of the lack of criminal intent.