Police charge driver involved in collision that killed Yukon deputy minister last year
Collision south of Whitehorse last August killed territory's deputy environment minister Michael Prochazka
Yukon RCMP have charged a man with several driving offences in connection with a collision last August on the Alaska Highway that killed a Yukon civil servant and hospitalized the territory's environment minister.
In a news release on Thursday, police said Robert James Smallwood is facing two counts of dangerous driving, as well as careless driving and driving at an unreasonable speed.
The collision happened on Aug. 2 just south of Whitehorse at the intersection of the highway and Swan Haven Drive.
Environment Minister Nils Clarke and deputy environment minister Michael Prochazka were leaving a salmon celebration held at McClintock Bay Resort when their truck was hit by another vehicle on the highway and Prochazka was killed. Clarke was medevaced to Vancouver for treatment.
Smallwood is due to appear in court in Whitehorse on June 25.