Port Hawkesbury Justice Centre; CIGO file photo
The driver in a fatal single vehicle crash in Inverness Co. has had his case adjourned.
22-year-old Cole William Dermody, of Whycocomagh, was in court Tuesday on charges impaired operation of a conveyance causing death and impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm.
RCMP say they were called to a single vehicle collision on MacLeod Settlement Road in Glencoe in August.
Police say a Jeep was travelling northbound when it struck a bank and rolled.
They say a 19-year-old, Dermody’s brother Owen Lawrence Dermody, also from Whycocomagh, was pronounced dead at the scene.
RCMP say a 20-year-old woman from Mabou was ejected from the Jeep. She was transported to hospital by EHS with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Three other occupants were also treated by EHS for minor injuries.
Police say Dermody took a roadside screening device test and failed, he was arrested for impaired driving and transported to Port Hawkesbury for a further breath sample.
