Man charged after Clementsport assaults, two suffer life-threatening injuries: RCMP

(Source: RCMP)

A man is facing several charges after three people were assaulted in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis County Saturday night.

The RCMP first responded to reports of an assault at a home in the 1500 block of Highway 1 in Clementsport around 9 p.m.

Officers then learned of another assault nearby, reportedly involving the same male suspect.

Police found a vehicle that had crashed into a guardrail at the scene.

Police say the suspect got into an altercation with someone he knew before leaving in a car.

He then allegedly crashed into the guardrail and assaulted two bystanders before taking off on foot.

Police say the bystanders, aged 61 and 58 from Clementsport, were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A third victim, a 46-year-old man also from Clementsport, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

William Cedric Douglas Windsor of Clementsport was arrested in Digby on Sunday afternoon.

The 25-year-old has been charged with:

• aggravated assault (two counts)
• assault causing bodily harm
• assault
• uttering threats
• dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• operation while impaired
• failure to comply with probation order (two counts)

Windsor was held in custody and appeared in Digby provincial court on Monday.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.

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