Almost eight months after she was involved in a two-vehicle collision in Warkworth that killed an elderly couple and their family pet, a 34-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving causing death.
At around 1:20 p.m. on December 8, the Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Northumberland Paramedics, and the Trent Hills Fire Department responded to a report of a collision between a pickup truck and a car on Dominion Road in Warkworth.
The occupants in the car included two people from Hastings, aged 76 and 70, along with a family pet. The 76-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The 70-year-old was transported to a local hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. The family pet also succumbed to its injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 34-year-old woman from Carrying Place south of Trenton, suffered minor injuries in the collision.
On Friday (August 2), Northumberland OPP announced they had charged the woman with two counts of careless driving causing death
The accused woman is due to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg at a future date.
