P.E.I. man facing impaired driving charges in fatal New Year's Day crash

Thinh Nguyen · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 11:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

A 74-year-old antheral from Stanley Bridge is facing charges of impaired driving causing decease successful transportation with a fatal clang that took spot connected New Year's Day successful Clinton, P.E.I.

James B. Andrew, who was 73 astatine the clip of the crash, has been charged nether the Criminal Code of Canada with 2 counts: 1 for operating a conveyance portion impaired by alcohol, and a 2nd for having a humor intoxicant attraction astatine oregon supra 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of humor wrong 2 hours of driving, some charges alleging helium caused the decease of his passenger.

He is scheduled to marque his archetypal tribunal quality in June in Charlottetown Provincial Court.

The charges stem from a single-vehicle collision that happened connected the day of Jan. 1.

First responders were called to Route 6 successful Clinton astir 4:30 p.m., wherever they recovered an SUV that had gone disconnected the roadworthy and into a ditch.

Andrew was down the wheel, and a 70-year-old woman was successful the rider seat. She died from her injuries astatine the scene. According to her obituary, the unfortunate was Andrew's partner.

Police said Andrew was arrested astatine the country for impaired driving and taken to infirmary with superior injuries.

He has nary anterior transgression record.

This probe was assisted by the Summerside Police Services, P.E.I. RCMP Provincial Traffic Reconstruction Unit, Nova Scotia RCMP Provincial Traffic Reconstruction Unit, Charlottetown Police Services and Queens District RCMP.