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19-year-old driver charged in fatal Brampton crash

File photo. Peel Regional Police cruiser and police tape. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peel Regional Police say a 19-year-old man has been charged after a crash that killed one woman and seriously injuring another last month.

On Oct. 22, at around 9:30 a.m., police said a black Lexus sedan was driving along Queen Street East between Dixie Road and Central Park Drive when it crashed into two other vehicles.

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Police said the driver lost control of the Lexus and crossed over into the opposing lanes of traffic.

A 64-year-old Brampton woman was killed and a 54-year-old woman, also from Brampton, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, investigators said.

Police have charged 19-year-old Gurman Cheema, a Brampton resident, with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.

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