Aug 22, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 20 segments
The verdict is rarely the end of the story. In the two years since our last Major Case Updates episodes, some of the cases we’ve covered have reached a resolution, others have had significant…
[Instrumental music plays] We finally have a conclusion in the Lush and Whiteway fatal car crash in Newfoundland.
At about 4:00 AM one morning in 2019, John and Sandra Lush were driving their daughter Suzanne to the airport, along with her boyfriend at the time, Josh Whiteway, and their pet cat.
The couple were catching a flight back to Calgary after a week home in Newfoundland visiting their families.
Not only was the road slippery on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gander, but visibility was quite poor.
From the back seat, Suzanne Lush noticed a pair of headlights in the distance on the other side of the road.
As the vehicle came closer, she noticed it was veering off course over the center line directly in their own path.
Within seconds, there was an earth-shattering bang as the pickup truck collided with their car head-on at high speed.
Suzanne's parents, John and Sandra Lush, took the brunt of the impact and were killed immediately.
The car burst into flames, and Suzanne and her boyfriend, Josh Whiteway, were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
Back at the crash, first responders found only one person in the pickup truck, 20-year-old Nicholas Villeneuve.
He was the owner of the pickup truck, and he was wearing an admissions bracelet from a music festival he'd just left.
During this time, he admitted he had been drinking and consented to giving a blood sample.
That sample would show he was nearly twice the legal limit to drive, even though it had been almost two hours since the crash when he gave that sample.
The black box in his pickup truck showed that it was speeding just five seconds before the airbag deployed, doing 123 kilometers in a 100 zone.
Villeneuve's DNA would be found on that airbag, concrete proof that he was the driver.
He was charged with eight counts related to impaired driving causing death and bodily injury, as well as dangerous driving.
[Instrumental music plays] We finally have a conclusion in the Lush and Whiteway fatal car crash in Newfoundland.
At about 4:00 AM one morning in 2019, John and Sandra Lush were driving their daughter Suzanne to the airport, along with her boyfriend at the time, Josh Whiteway, and their pet cat.
The couple were catching a flight back to Calgary after a week home in Newfoundland visiting their families.
Not only was the road slippery on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gander, but visibility was quite poor.
From the back seat, Suzanne Lush noticed a pair of headlights in the distance on the other side of the road.
As the vehicle came closer, she noticed it was veering off course over the center line directly in their own path.
Within seconds, there was an earth-shattering bang as the pickup truck collided with their car head-on at high speed.
Suzanne's parents, John and Sandra Lush, took the brunt of the impact and were killed immediately.
The car burst into flames, and Suzanne and her boyfriend, Josh Whiteway, were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
Back at the crash, first responders found only one person in the pickup truck, 20-year-old Nicholas Villeneuve.
He was the owner of the pickup truck, and he was wearing an admissions bracelet from a music festival he'd just left.
During this time, he admitted he had been drinking and consented to giving a blood sample.
That sample would show he was nearly twice the legal limit to drive, even though it had been almost two hours since the crash when he gave that sample.
The black box in his pickup truck showed that it was speeding just five seconds before the airbag deployed, doing 123 kilometers in a 100 zone.
Villeneuve's DNA would be found on that airbag, concrete proof that he was the driver.
He was charged with eight counts related to impaired driving causing death and bodily injury, as well as dangerous driving.
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