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Woman faces impaired driving charge in crash that killed Baeleigh Maurice

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Woman faces impaired driving charge in crash that killed Baeleigh Maurice
Six months after a fatal collision a woman has been charged with the death of a 9-year-old girl. Baeleigh Maurice was hit by a pickup truck while riding her scooter on 33rd Street West. Saskatoon Police believe the driver was intoxicated – Mar 12, 2022

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.

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

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.

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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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