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The LPS has charged a 24-year-old woman in connection with a fatal collision on May 2, 2024. (File photo: LNN)

Woman charged with impaired driving following fatal collision

May 3, 2024 | 12:25 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Police have laid charges in connection with a fatal collision.

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says just before 3 a.m. on May 2, 2024, officers responded to a single-vehicle rollover near Pavan Park. Officials say they found a vehicle on its roof, three uninjured women and a critically-injured man, who was still inside the vehicle.

Police say one of the women was performing CPR on the man before police took over until EMS arrived. The man was taken to Chinook Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

The LPS says its investigation determined that a 24-year-old woman was driving the vehicle when it rolled multiple times down a coulee before coming to a rest on its roof.

Police say the woman “displayed signs of impairment”.

Jesse Ann Fortune, 24, of Lethbridge, is charged with the following:

  • Impaired driving causing death
  • Impaired operation over .08 causing death
  • Dangerous driving causing death

Police say she has been released from custody with conditions barring her from operating any motor vehicle and is scheduled to be in court on May 30.

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