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Halifax police charge driver in fatal collision with pedestrian

Investigators with the Collision Investigation Unit today charged the driver with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk under the Motor Vehicle Act in relation to a fatal pedestrian/vehicle collision on Gottingen Street last month. Graeme Benjamin/Global News

Police in Halifax have charged the driver involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian on Gottingen St. last month.

The collision happened at around 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 14, 2018 in the 2200-block of the street.

A truck being driven by a 46-year-old Halifax man struck Willard Thomas Comeau, 62, who was crossing Gottingen at Prince William Street.

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Comeau died at the scene.

Police say investigators have now concluded their investigation and charged the driver Friday with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk under the Motor Vehicle Act.

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