An 80-year-old Alberta man died after stopping to help a woman involved in a crash on Vancouver Island. Police have charged a 29-year-old man with impaired driving causing death.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Patrick Hare is shown in this undated family handout photo. The son of an Alberta man who died on Vancouver Island after being hit by an alleged impaired driver while helping a woman in distress says it was in his dad's nature to help others before 'tragedy took him.'.
Mounties in British Columbia have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Patrick Hare, 80, from Red Deer, Alta., had stopped to help a woman whose minivan hit a power pole on Highway 19A around 2:30 a.m. on March 2. The 36-year-old woman was seriously injured and Hare was killed when a third vehicle crashed into them. Hare and the woman were taken to hospital with serious injuries, but Hare died in a Victoria hospital. BC Highway Patrol says its investigation has led to six charges against Jordan Pardiac of Coombs, B.C., including dangerous driving causing death and operating a motor vehicle causing death while impaired by alcohol and cocaine.Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol says in a news release that there have been “repeated incidents” of people getting hurt or killed while trying to help after a collision.He says while the police service “applauds the sentiment of anyone trying to help after a collision,” highways are dangerous places and “extreme caution” needs to be exercised. “BC Highway Patrol will do everything we can to investigate and charge people who choose to drive while impaired by alcohol and drugs,” he adds. The patrol says people should consider whether they have reflective clothing, good footwear and are physically able to help before they stop. The statement says the best option is often to call 911 or wait for a professional, noting that people involved in minor crashes may be safer waiting for authorities in their ca
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