RCMP have charged a 36-year-old man with dangerous driving causing death after investigating a collision that killed two people in Cape Breton last year.
A 45-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, both from British Columbia, died Oct. 7, 2024, when their Hyundai Tucson collided with a Western Star tractor-trailer on Highway 105 just west of Baddeck, N.S.
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The truck driver wasn’t injured, though both vehicles were seriously damaged in the early evening crash.A RCMP collision reconstructionist supported the investigation that led to the charges.
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Investigators arrested a resident of Lower Truro, N.S., last week and he faces two charges of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death.The accused was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in Wagmatcook provincial court on June 4. Story continues below advertisement
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2025.
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