NEWS RELEASE
PEEL REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators from the Major Collision Bureau have arrested a man in relation to a fatal collision resulting in the death of a newlywed.
On Oct. 21, 2018, at approximately 12:30 a.m., two vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 50 and Castlemore Road in the City of Brampton.
As a result of the collision, a 30-year-old female passenger from Newmarket was killed on scene. Her husband of only one week, a 31 year-old male from Newmarket, was transported to a trauma centre with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The party responsible for the collision and lone occupant of his vehicle fled the scene on foot.
On Oct. 23, 2018, Walid Wakeel, a 23-year-old male from Nobleton turned himself in to Peel Regional Police.
Walid Wakeel was arrested and charged with:
- Criminal Negligence Cause Death
- Criminal Negligence Cause Bodily Harm
- Fail to Remain at Scene of Accident Cause Death
- Fail to Remain at Scene of Accident Cause Bodily Harm
Walid Wakeel was held pending a bail hearing for Oct. 23, 2018 at the A. Grenville & William Davis Court House in Brampton.
Anyone with any information in relation to this incident is asked to contact the Major Collision Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3710.
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