21-year-old killed in street racing crash at Edmonton bus shelter

Anjrel Standinghorn-Morin, 21, died Tuesday night when a motorcycle racing an unknown BMW vehicle lost control on 97 Street north and struck a bus shelter near 120 Avenue where Standinghorn-Morin, his partner Alicia, and their two children were waiting for a bus to get food.

Standinghorn-Morin's 10-month-old son was thrown approximately 30 feet into the middle of the street and remains in hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. Alicia underwent surgery for serious but non-life-threatening injuries and also remains hospitalized. A 46-year-old bystander was struck with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The motorcycle operator, Kaeden Piccolo, 18, was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and three counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm. Piccolo's injuries were non-life-threatening. The motorcycle was a 2004 Yamaha YZFR6. The status of the BMW driver is not yet known.

Standinghorn-Morin had moved his young family to Edmonton earlier this summer. He worked at Canadian Tire and aspired to become a wildland firefighter—a path his older brother Chris Morin has already taken. "I just started crying," Chris said. "I broke down. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. I'm shocked right now that my younger brother's gone."

Their mother, Trina Morin, said: "Seeing my daughter-in-law and telling her for the first time that my son was gone in the hospital just truly broke me." The family is making funeral arrangements.