Deadly Ontario boat crash: Man facing dangerous operation, impaired charges [Video]

An Ontario man is facing dangerous operation and impaired charges in connection to a fatal May long weekend boat crash that left three people dead.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announced the charges Wednesday – five months after the May 18 crash took the lives of Riley Orr, Juliette Cote and Kaila Bearman.

Just after 9:30 p.m. that day, a speedboat ended up on top of a fishing boat on Bobs Lake, which is just north of Kingston. Orr, Cote and Bearman, who were all between the ages of 21 and 23, died at the scene. Five other people, ranging in age from 21 to 44, were injured and taken to hospital.

On Wednesday, the OPP said it arrested 44-year-old Matthew Splinter of South Frontenac Township.

He’s been charged with three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, impaired operation causing death and impaired operation causing bodily harm.