Man, 18, charged in fatal highway crash near Lorette, Man.
CBC News | Posted: June 27, 2016 4:06 PM | Last Updated: June 27, 2016
An 18-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving and several other offences in connection with a fatal crash near Lorette, Man., that left a 29-year-old woman dead.
RCMP were called just before 5 a.m. Sunday to Highway 207, halfway between Deacon's Corner and Lorette, after a car and pickup truck crashed.
The woman, who was driving the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three people in the truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are reported to be in stable condition, RCMP said.
The 18-year-old man driving the truck faces a slew of charges:
- Criminal negligence causing death.
- Impaired driving causing death.
- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.
- Two counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
- Two counts of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
- Two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.