Passenger dies, driver to be charged for allegedly being impaired, in west Windsor crash

Windsor police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or has video footage of it, to contact them. (Jennifer La Grassa/CBC - image credit)
Windsor police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or has video footage of it, to contact them. (Jennifer La Grassa/CBC - image credit)

Windsor police say a 19-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly driving impaired causing death after a crash on the city's west side.

It happened on Cameron Avenue, north of University Avenue, just before midnight Wednesday, according to authorities.

Officers responded to reports of a vehicle heading northbound at a "high rate of speed before losing control, hitting a tree and striking a parked car," police said in a statement.

A passenger in the vehicle — a 21-year-old man — was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, police say.

The driver sustained what police are calling "serious injuries."

Authorities say she'll be charged with "dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death" and "impaired operation of a conveyance causing death."

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has video footage of it to contact them.