Charges laid​ in fatal single vehicle​ collision

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Charges laid​ in fatal single vehicle​ collision

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The RCMP have charged an Eskasoni man following a fatal single vehicle collision that happened​ early Thursday morning.

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Yesterday just after 1 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP received a call of an impaired driver on​ 74th St. in Eskasoni. While police were en-route to that call, they were informed of a single vehicle collision on Hwy. 216 in Eskasoni. A description of the vehicle in the collision matched that of the vehicle in the previous call.​

RCMP attended the collision scene along with Fire and EHS, where​ a 24-year-old woman from Eskasoni and was pronounced deceased. The adult male driver, as well as a man and a woman passenger, suffered serious injuries and were transported to hospital.​

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The driver, 24-year-old MacKenzie Daniel Poulette, of​ Eskasoni, remains in custody and​ faces the following charges:

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• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Second Degree​ Murder
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Criminal Negligence Causing Death
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Two counts of Criminal Negligence Causing Bodily Harm
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Impaired Operation of a Conveyance
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Operation of Conveyance While Over 80mg% causing Death
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Two counts of Operation of Conveyance While Over 80mg% causing Bodily Harm
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Dangerous Operation
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Two counts of Dangerous Operation Causing Bodily Harm
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Dangerous Operation Causing Death
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Failure to Comply with Release Order
• ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Failure to Comply with Undertaking

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The investigation is ongoing.​