Barbara Kentner (August 21, 1982 – July 4, 2017) was an Indigenous woman from Wabigoon Lake First Nation who died in 2017, six months after being struck by a trailer hitch thrown at her by Brayden Bushby from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
[7] At approximately 1am[2] on 29 January 2017, 18-year-old Brayden Bushby was in the passenger seat of a vehicle driving on McKenzie Street in the south side area of Thunder Bay.
[5] Three other friends were in the vehicle,[8] and Bushby was intoxicated with alcohol,[5] after spending the day drinking straight whisky.
[8] Kentner died on July 4, 2017, at St. Joseph's Hospice[2] in Thunder Bay as she received surgery to tackle an infection from the injury.
[5] Kentner's lawyers stated that the infection that was caused by the blunt force trauma of the attack.