Man Charged After Fatal Kempt Head Crash Due In Court

An Edwardsville man charged after a fatal single-vehicle crash in Kempt Head is due back in court today to enter pleas.  25 year-old Christopher William Copan faces counts of impaired driving causing death and driving with a blood/alcohol level above the legal limit causing death.
He was arrested at the scene after the August crash on Kempt Head Road.
RCMP say a 22-year-old man who was a passenger in the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say a 27-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, who were also passengers, were taken to the Regional Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Copan has been released on bail.

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