Man charged in connection to death of Mountie killed in Vancouver Island crash
VICTORIA — Criminal charges have been laid against a man six months after a Vancouver Island Mountie was killed when her police cruiser was hit broadside by a pickup truck.
British Columbia’s Criminal Justice Branch said Wednesday that Kenneth Fenton, 28, faces five charges after the death of Const. Sarah Beckett. She died while working an overnight shift April 5 for the West Shore RCMP in Langford, B.C.
Charges against Fenton include impaired driving causing death and flight from police causing death.
The Criminal Justice Branch statement also said Fenton faces charges of dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving and refusing to provide a blood sample.