Victoria woman charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash

An RCMP patch is seen during a news conference about the city's municipal police force transition in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, April 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A Victoria woman is facing charges of dangerous driving after a two-vehicle crash that killed one person and seriously injured another last year on Vancouver Island.

Jasmine Bal, 39, was charged earlier this month with one count of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm for the crash that killed a 38-year-old passenger in another vehicle and seriously injured the driver.

Police responded to the head-on collision scene at the intersection of Highway 4 and Carson Road, near the community of Whiskey Creek, at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Feb. 14, 2024.

The Oceanside RCMP said the vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on Highway 4 when they collided.

“A passenger from one of the vehicles died on scene,” the RCMP said in a statement following the crash. “The remaining vehicle occupants were transported to hospital with serious injuries.”

Court records show Bal is not currently in custody. She is scheduled to appear in a Nanaimo courtroom on March 25.

“As charges have been laid and the matter is now before the courts, no further information will be provided by police,” the RCMP statement said.