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Drunk driving charges laid after fatal Saskatchewan crash

FILE: A photo of handcuffs
RCMP lay drunk driving charges after a fatal crash on a grid road near Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. Daniel Allan/Getty Images/File

FORT QU’APPELLE, Sask. – RCMP have laid drunk driving charges after a fatal crash Saturday on a grid road near Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan.

Steven Remenda, 39, has been charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and operating a motor vehicle while over 80 mgs causing death.

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The Indian Head man was remanded in custody and is scheduled to make his next court appearance on March 31.

The fatal crash happened between two vehicles on a grid road between Lebret and Indian Head.

A 40-year-old woman was declared dead at the scene.

The family has requested her name not be released.

Investigators determined she was a passenger in an eastbound car driven by Remenda which swerved into the path of a westbound pickup truck.

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RCMP are still investigating the crash.

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