{"id":61320,"date":"2025-12-29T23:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=61320"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:44:47","slug":"man-charged-with-impaired-driving-after-dartmouth-fatal-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=61320","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with impaired driving after Dartmouth fatal collision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DARTMOUTH:<\/strong> A man has been charged with impaired driving after a fatal motor vehicle collision in Dartmouth on Saturday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 27 at approximately 8:05 p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 107, near exit 13N. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of one vehicle, a 52-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene by Emergency Health Services. The driver of the other vehicle, a 31-year-old man, was transported to hospital with minor injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicle\u2019s passenger, a 41-year-old woman, was transported to hospital with serious injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver, Shaquille David Skinner, 31, has been charged with: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Impaired operation of conveyance causing death; Dangerous operation of conveyance causing death; Impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm; Dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the collision, Skinner was found in possession of a firearm and has also been charged with twelve firearm-related offences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court on Dec. 29. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Halifax Regional Police extend condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with video from the area or information about this incident is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4RCo0Z47Ki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a> or using the P3 Tips App. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #25-186554, File #25-186635<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARTMOUTH: A man has been charged with impaired driving after a fatal motor vehicle collision in Dartmouth on Saturday night. On December 27 at approximately 8:05 p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 107, near exit 13N. The driver of one vehicle, a 52-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene by Emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[185,980,50,918,51,9999,52,1167],"class_list":["post-61320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-dartmouth","tag-fatal-collision","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-regional-police","tag-hrp","tag-hwy-107","tag-impaired-driving","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}