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  KITCHENER -- The firefighter who was critically injured in a home explosion in London, Ont. in 2019 said in a victim impact statement that his fellow responders didn’t think he was going to survive. Daniella Leis, a Kitchener woman, drove into a home on Woodman Avenue in August of that year, severing a gas line and causing an explosion that left seven people injured, including two firefighters. The accused pleaded guilty in October to four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm for her role in the explosion. In a victim impact statement, one of the injured firefighters—who...

A Kitchener, Ont. woman who smashed into a home causing the Woodman Avenue explosion in Aug. 2019 apologized tearfully at her sentencing hearing on Thursday.

  LONDON, ONT -- A Kitchener, Ont. woman who smashed into a home causing the Woodman Avenue explosion in Aug. 2019 apologized tearfully at her sentencing hearing on Thursday. Daniella Leis cried as she told the victims and the court via Zoom, “I can’t express how truly sorry I am for what I have done...for that I will never forgive myself.” She added, "I feel terrible for causing such significant damage...and I will never stop feeling sorry for my actions.” Before Leis spoke, four victim impact statements were read, all from those who lived along Woodman Avenue. Hailey Gray, wh...

A Kitchener, Ont. woman who smashed into a home causing the Woodman Avenue explosion in Aug. 2019 apologized tearfully at her sentencing hearing on Thursday.