London man charged with careless driving following fatal crash

Provincial police have laid careless driving charges in relation to a fatal single vehicle collision north of London last month.

According to police, emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a “passenger vehicle” on Highbury Avenue North at Fourteen Mile Road at roughly 7:30 p.m. Aug. 16.

Police say the vehicle had left the roadway and rolled into the ditch.

A passenger in the car, Keerthana Susheel Tholoor of Kottayam, Kerala, India, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The 24-year-old had been in London as a student at Fanshawe College, said a GoFundMe set up by the London Ontario Malayalee Association to raise money for her family.

This week, police announced they have charged a 26-year-old London man with careless driving causing death.

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