A youngster who Edmonton police say didn’t have any of the documentation required to be behind the wheel of a car has been charged in a collision that claimed the lifetime of a senior.
The deadly crash occurred in north Edmonton on Might 23, 2025, simply after 10 a.m.
The Edmonton Police Service stated a white Cadillac Escalade was driving north on 97 Avenue when it collided with a southbound white Honda Civic that was turning left from 97 Avenue to go east on 165 Avenue.
Police stated EMS responded, handled and transported the 71-year-old man driving the Civic to hospital with life-threatening accidents, the place he was declared useless.
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The 16-year-old boy driving the Escalade was additionally taken to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Velocity is believed to be an element within the collision. Police now allege {the teenager} didn’t have a driver’s licence and that the SUV wasn’t registered or insured.
The EPS Main Collision Investigations Part (MCIS) has charged the 16-year-old with harmful operation inflicting dying, driving an uninsured motorized vehicle on a freeway, working an unregistered motorized vehicle and failing to carry a legitimate operator’s license underneath the Visitors Security Act. The motive force was served an look discover, police stated.
{The teenager} is underage and on account of provisions underneath the Youth Legal Justice Act.
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