ESTEVAN - The Estevan Police Service has confirmed that alcohol was a factor in a fatal collision that occurred in south Estevan in early August.
Emergency crews were called to the collision on Highway 47, just south of the junction with Highway 18. Police said at the time that it appeared alcohol was a factor, and Deputy Police Chief Murray Cowan has confirmed the person operating the offending vehicle had been drinking.
“The offending vehicle simply came across the highway, crossed the yellow centre line and struck the other vehicle head on.”
But the level of impairment likely won’t be confirmed, he said, as the provincial lab has not supplied that information.
The driver of the offending vehicle was transported to hospital in Regina by STARS Air Ambulance, where she later died from her injuries.
The driver of the victim vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries and was eventually released.
No further information has been released on a serious collision that occurred in Estevan during the Thanksgiving long weekend. The motorist in that collision struck two trees and a fence and was air-lifted to hospital in Regina via STARS.
The EPS said at the time that it appeared impairment was a factor in that incident, too.
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