A 55-year-old Queensville man has been charged with impaired driving and driving causing death after the passenger in the off-road vehicle he was operating died following a collision in Minden on Saturday afternoon (October 21).
Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Haliburton Highlands Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency services responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Windover Drive involving a single side-by-side off road vehicle.
A 55-year-old Queensville woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver had non-life-threatening injuries.
The roadway remained closed for several hours for a police investigation.
As a result of an investigation, police have arrested and charged the vehicle’s driver, 55-year-old Creig Tranmer of Queensville in East Gwillimbury, with operation while impaired (blood alcohol concentration of 80 plus) and operation causing death. Police did not release information about the driver’s relationship to the passenger.
The accused man, who had his driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and his vehicle impounded for seven days, is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Minden on December 6.
Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collision and has not spoken with police is asked to contact Haliburton Highlands OPP at 705-286-1431 or toll-free at 1-888-310-1122.
