Impaired, stunt driving among 19 charges laid in double fatal crash: OPP

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Impaired, dangerous driving charges laid in January crash that claimed two lives

Second person dies of injuries in West Nipissing crash

Fatal crash in Sturgeon Falls kills 1, sends 4 to hospital

An 18-year-old North Bay man is facing 19 charges in connection with a two-vehicle crash that claimed two lives earlier this year.

The charges follow an Ontario Provincial Police investigation into a Jan. 24 collision on Nipissing Street in West Nipissing.

Crash details

OPP said officers responded to the scene at about 11:40 p.m.

“A passenger in one vehicle, a 62-year-old female from Sudbury, was pronounced deceased,” said police in a news release.

Two other occupants of that same vehicle sustained minor injuries.

Three occupants of the second vehicle were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries.

“A fourth occupant of the second vehicle, a 15-year-old female from West Nipissing, sustained life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased at the hospital,” said OPP.

19 charges laid

As a result of the investigation, the driver of the second vehicle, an 18-year-old North Bay man, faces 19 charges:

• two counts of dangerous operation causing death,
• two counts of impaired operation causing death,
• two counts of impaired operation causing death – with a BAC over 80,
• two counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm,
• two counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm,
• two counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm – with a BAC over 80,
• operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration above zero as a novice driver,
• stunt driving,
• failing to properly wear a seat belt,
• two counts of driving while a passenger under 16 fails to properly wear a seat belt,
• failing to stop at a red light and
• disobeying a stop sign.

The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in court in North Bay on May 7.

OPP said the investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

Anyone with video footage or information related to this investigation is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously using reference number E260107361.

Those who have video footage that they would like investigators to be aware of can securely upload it here.