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18-year-old charged in Regina crash that killed 13-year-old passenger

Regina police say officers responded to the area of Sixth Avenue North and Smith Street just after 5:30 a.m. CST on July 31. They found a vehicle that appeared to have crashed into a power pole then rolled.

Charges against Connor Douglas include impaired driving causing death

Darla Ponace · CBC News ·
A white Regina police car with red and blue lettering on it.
A 13-year-old passenger in a vehicle that hit a power pole then rolled was killed in the crash.  (CBC )

An 18-year-old is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle crash in Regina that killed a 13-year-old.

Regina police say officers responded to the area of Sixth Avenue North and Smith Street just after 5:30 a.m. CST on July 31. They found a vehicle that appeared to have crashed into a power pole then rolled.

A 13-year-old passenger in the vehicle was declared dead at the scene. 

Now, 18-year-old Connor Douglas is charged with impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and being over the legal alcohol limit for driving.

Douglas made his first appearance in Regina provincial court on Tuesday.

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Darla Ponace

Darla Ponace is a Saulteaux woman from Zagime Anishinabek First Nations. She started as an associate producer in the Indigenous Pathways program at CBC. She is currently working with CBC Saskatchewan as a reporter. You can email her at darla.ponace@cbc.ca with story ideas.

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