Woman faces impaired driving charge in crash that killed Baeleigh Maurice

A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a girl last September in Saskatoon.

Baeleigh Emily Maurice, 9, was hit by a truck while crossing 33rd Street West on her scooter at a marked crosswalk. She died in hospital.

On Friday, Saskatoon police said a 28-year-old woman was charged in Maurice’s death.

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The woman, who has not been named, is facing a charge of impaired operation while exceeding the prescribed blood-drug concentration of THC causing death.

Police said the charge was laid following the initial toxicology results and an opinion from Crown prosecutors.

A court date is pending.

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