B.C. teen arrested for impaired driving in fatal crash on Vancouver Island
Nanaimo police have arrested a 16-year-old girl for impaired driving following a fatal head-on crash on Vancouver Island. The teenager was driving a Kia minivan when it collided with a Volkswagen Jetta along Highway 19 outside Lantzville, just after 3 a.m. on Thursday. Both occupants of the Volkswagen died at the scene, while the girl was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash occurred near Ware Road, where witnesses claim the minivan was traveling north in the southbound lanes. Police are seeking additional witnesses and dash-camera footage, specifically from between Third Street and Pine Street in Nanaimo, where the minivan was spotted four hours before the collision.
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