HALIFAX -- A man is facing a number of charges after he allegedly left the scene of a fatal crash in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County in the spring.
The RCMP and emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle collision on Highway 246 in Oliver, N.S., on April 12.
Police say the truck left the road on a sharp turn, went over an embankment, and landed on its side.
A 30-year-old woman from Westville, N.S., died at the scene.
Police say the driver and two other passengers left the scene before officers arrived. They sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.
The driver, 37-year-old Jason Edward Alexander of Bible Hill, N.S., is facing the following charges:
- Dangerous operation
- Dangerous operation causing bodily harm (two counts)
- Dangerous operation causing death
- Operation while impaired causing bodily harm (two counts)
- Operation while impaired causing death
- Failure to stop after accident resulting in bodily harm (two counts)
- Failure to stop after accident resulting in death
Alexander is due to appear in Truro provincial court on Nov. 18.