Man, 18, charged in fatal highway crash near Lorette, Man.

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Caption: The fatal crash happened halfway between Deacon's Corner and Lorette on Sunday morning. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)

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.

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Caption: Three people in the pickup truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are reported to be in stable condition, RCMP said. The 18-year-old driver has been charged. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)

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.