A man who faced charges related to a 2022 fatal highway collision in Vernon has died.
Michael Rodine, born in 1987, was facing six charges related to the crash on Highway 97 near the Vernon Army Camp on Aug. 5, 2022. The charges included impaired driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death.
According to the BC Prosecution Service, Rodine’s charges were abated Monday, April 22, after it was confirmed that he had died.
An abatement is one form of termination of a prosecution, and the BC Prosecution Service said it is “the appropriate procedural mechanism when the accused has died.”
The crash killed two grandparents, who were vacationing in the Okanagan from Vancouver.
Rodine, who was not in custody, was set to start a pre-trial conference for the charges on April 15. That hearing was delayed prior to news of his death.
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