Driver of truck in fatal Marshfield collision misidentified, say RCMP
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RCMP on P.E.I. say the driver of a pickup truck that caused a December highway crash that killed four people in Marshfield, northeast of Charlottetown, was actually the person they thought was a passenger in the vehicle.
Police had arrested a 20-year-old man they thought had been driving and expected to lay charges. However, in a news release Friday, they said further investigation had shown their initial finding of who was driving the truck was incorrect.
"Given the gravity of this event and the importance of providing clarity to victim's families, this file was extensively investigated using traffic reconstruction, search warrants production orders, lab analysis, and medical records," RCMP Cpl. Gavin Moore said in the news release.
That's how police figured out that Daniel Joseph Bambrick, the person they had thought was a passenger in the truck, was actually driving it when it hit an oncoming vehicle. Bambrick was seriously injured in the crash, and later died of his injuries.
RCMP say the pickup truck, which was travelling east on Route 2, pulled out to pass a vehicle and collided head-on into the car.
Three people in the car, all under the age of 20, died at the scene, and a fourth was seriously injured.
The other occupant of the truck, who police now say was a passenger, was injured but survived.
The investigation has determined that alcohol was a factor in the collision, the RCMP news release said.
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