Hamilton police have charged a local teenager following a fatal head-on crash last month.
It’s after a 2008 Ford F150 pickup truck collided with a 2002 Volkswagen Beetle on Upper James and Homestead Drive on August 29.
The driver of the Beetle, from Welland, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The other driver was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Police say they arrested a 19-year-old man Friday and have charged him with dangerous driving causing death.
He has been released on a promise to appear in court next month.
Police say the investigation is ongoing but confirm that speed was a factor.
The collision was the 13th motor vehicle fatality in Hamilton this year.
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