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A 30-year-old woman received a $2,300 fine and a three-month licence suspension after she drove into a group of cyclists along the Sherwood Park Freeway last year.

That was the sentence handed down to Jessica Oleksiuk on Thursday following a month-long trial. Oleksiuk was found guilty of careless driving after she crashed into a group of 15 cyclists travelling in the middle of the lane of the freeway on the morning of Aug. 11, 2018.

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Five cyclists were sent to hospital with one in critical condition.

Oleksiuk, who worked as a nurse before taking a leave of absence, remained silent throughout the court proceedings but appeared emotional when Judge Michelle Collinson began to give her sentence.

Collinson acknowledged that this was Oleksiuk’s first offence and was suffering from her actions just like the cyclists, but described the collision as being preventable.

“It is clear, this collision has had a devastating effect,” Collinson said.