Impaired driving causing death charge laid after passenger ejected near Waterton Dam

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A 19-year-old woman faces impaired driving charges following a Valentine's Day rollover crash in southwest Alberta that killed a passenger.

RCMP officials say an SUV was eastbound on Highway 505, near Township Road 44, on the evening of Feb. 14 when the driver failed to navigate a turn in the road. The SUV left the highway and rolled.

The passenger — since identified as 25-year-old Ty Chief Moon of Levern on the Blood First Nation — was thrown from the vehicle and died on scene.

The driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old woman, was taken to hospital by ambulance with undisclosed injuries.

As a result of the investigation into the fatal crash, Jayleen Spotted Eagle of Glenwood faces several charges including:

She has been released from custody ahead of her scheduled Mar. 15 appearance in Cardston provincial court.