A 17-year-old from London has been identified as the person killed in a single-vehicle crash on Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation. Oneida Police Service and Middlesex County OPP say officers responded to a crash on Oneida Road at about 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 7. Police said one passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim has been identified as a 17-year-old from London. Three other occupants of the vehicle were taken to hospital. Investigators allege the driver, a 15-year-old from Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation, was impaired at the time of the crash. The youth has been charged with operation while impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration exceeding the legal limit, operation while impaired causing death, dangerous operation causing death, driving without a licence, driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above zero as a novice driver, using a licence plate not authorized for the vehicle, and driving a motor vehicle with liquor readily available. The accused was held for a bail hearing. The identity of the accused is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Members of the OPP’s West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team assisted with the investigation. Oneida Road was closed between Clara Road and Fairgrounds Road for about five hours. Police are asking anyone with information or dashcam footage of the vehicle involved before the collision to contact the Oneida Police Service or OPP.
