HALIFAX -- An 18-year-old man from Westville, N.S., is facing several charges in connection with a July crash that left a woman dead.

Shortly after 1:35 a.m. on July 16, Pictou District RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Egypt Road in Hillside, N.S.

Police say the vehicle left the road and overturned. A woman was pronounced dead at the scene and another female and a male were taken to hospital with unknown injuries.

On Thursday, police charged the driver, 18-year-old Connor Roland MacLeod of Westville, N.S., with the following charges:

  • Impaired operation of a conveyance causing death
  • Impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm
  • Operation of conveyance while impaired by alcohol
  • Operation of operation causing bodily harm
  • Dangerous operation causing death

MacLeod is scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on April 5, 2021.