Fatal parking lot crash involving modified truck leads to RCMP warning [Video]

RCMP are warning drivers with modified vehicles to check they’re within legal limits, after a dangerous driving charge was laid against a Nanaimo, B.C. woman following a fatal parking lot crash.

On Tuesday, Nanaimo RCMP said they had charged a 24-year-old woman with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, after an 85-year-old woman was killed following a crash on March 21, 2024.

Police say the crash, in the Woodgrove Centre parking lot, came about after the senior parked her vehicle next to the woman’s pickup truck and began walking toward the mall.

The suspect in the case then exited her parking spot and turned left with her pickup truck, and the senior was knocked to the ground and subsequently died.

Police say the modifications made to the truck, including a raised suspension, oversized tires and tinted windows contributed to the fatal crash.

They say the modifications made driving in the …