On Aug. 1 when Ron Mahy rides his Harley Davidson past the intersection of Russ Baker Way and Gilbert Road where the northern side of the Dinsmore Bridge empties onto Sea Island, he’s not entirely sure what emotions he will be feeling.
It could be sadness. It could be anger. Possibly, it will be a mixture of the two since the location is where his daughter — 36-year-old Christy Mahy — was struck and killed by a vehicle while she waited on her bicycle for the intersection lights to change on July 30 last year.
The case, still under investigation by the RCMP, has yet to result in any charges as Mahy and a group of his motorcycle enthusiast friends prepare to mark the one year anniversary of the tragic incident with a memorial ride.
“I guess I will be trying to keep myself together as I go past,” said Mahy, a former long-time Richmond resident who is expecting as many as 50 riders to join him as they wind their way from the parking lot adjacent to the Flying Beaver restaurant on Sea Island, past the crash site, and then on to Langley where friends and family will gather to remember Christy.
“I think I will be joined by a lot of people who want to know why there haven’t been any charges laid,” Mahy said. “They will all be wondering who killed Christy.”
Mahy said he still has not been given any new information from the RCMP on the case, short of one jarring piece a few months ago indicating the prime suspect in the matter — the driver of the Pontiac Aztek that drove into Christy — has left the country.
Mahy said he just wants justice for the eldest of his two daughters and wonders what has taken the police so long to proceed with the investigation.
“With so many eyewitnesses and just one vehicle involved with the accident, how can there still not be any charges laid?” Mahy said.
When contacted, the Richmond RCMP stated they do not have any additional information on the case, but if and when charges are laid, they will notify the media.
Mahy said he was contacted last week by the investigating officer in the matter who confirmed for him the person of interest in the crash — a landed immigrant — had returned to the U.K.
The Christy Mahy memorial ride is set for Aug. 1, leaving the parking lot on Inglis Drive at 1 p.m. Riders are welcome to join the informal procession.
