A teenager from Thompson has been charged with impaired driving causing death in connection with a single-vehicle crash that left another teen dead at a Manitoba campground last September.
The crash happened around 3:20 a.m. Sept. 7 at Paint Lake Provincial Park, about 30 kilometres southwest of Thompson.
In a release sent to media at the time, police said a vehicle went into some brush and struck a tree.
Officers found a 17-year-old boy pinned under the vehicle, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, also 17, was arrested at the campground.
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Police allege the driver’s blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit, but at the time police said the teen had been released from custody with charges pending review.
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On Friday, police said the teen has now been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, operation of a motor vehicle while impaired causing death, and operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 mg.
The accused, who has not been named because he is under 18, will appear in Thompson Provincial court May 26.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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