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Officer pleads not guilty in ferry sinking

VANCOUVER — The officer in charge of a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries vessel when it struck an island and sank in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence causing death.
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Karl Lilgert is charged with criminal negligence causing death.
VANCOUVER — The officer in charge of a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries vessel when it struck an island and sank in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence causing death.

Jury selection has now begun for the trial of Karl Lilgert, who was the navigation officer on the Queen of the North when it sank after ramming Gil Island on the north sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ coast.

Passengers Gerald Foisey and Shirley Rosette died in the disaster. Their bodies were never found.

Ninety-nine other passengers and crew survived.

Lilgert’s trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 17.

— The Canadian Press