A man is facing multiple charges of dangerous driving following a collision that led to the death of an 80-year-old Good Samaritan on Vancouver Island.
The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. March 2, near Qualicum Beach, BC Highway Patrol said in a statement issued Friday.
After a woman driving a minivan lost control and hit a power pole on Highway 19A, an 80-year-old man, in a separate car, stopped to help. Both drivers were outside their vehicles when another car crashed into the minivan and the two were struck, said the release.
The elderly man from Red Deer, Alta., was killed, while the 36-year-old minivan driver from Bowser, B.C., was seriously injured.
Following a BC Highway Patrol investigation into the incident, a man identified as 29-year-old Jacob Aaron Pardiac from Coombs, B.C., has been charged with six impaired driving offences.
Pardiac was charged with operation of a motor vehicle causing …