Man pleads not guilty to charges stemming from 2024 crash near Albany, P.E.I.

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The charges against stem from a single-vehicle clang successful Albany successful August 2024 that near 2 young radical dead. Dona Shaji, 23, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, portion 24-year-old Jugal Kishore Mehta aboriginal died of his injuries.

Police allege antheral who is facing 5 charges was drinking earlier clang that near 2 dead

Nicola MacLeod · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 2:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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A 26-year-old antheral has pleaded not blameworthy to the 5 charges helium faces successful Summerside Supreme Court, including 2 counts of impaired driving causing death.

The charges stem from a single-vehicle clang successful Albany successful August 2024 that near 2 young radical dead. Dona Shaji, 23, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, portion 24-year-old Jugal Kishore Mehta aboriginal died of his injuries.

RCMP told CBC News the conveyance was coming from Charlottetown erstwhile its operator mislaid control in the aboriginal hours of that greeting — leaving the roadway and flipping over.

In February, Thommachen Thomas Panackal elected for his lawsuit to beryllium heard earlier a justice successful P.E.I.'s higher court.

His lawsuit made a archetypal quality successful that tribunal successful March. He entered the not-guilty pleas astatine different quality earlier this month.

Panackal is facing 5 charges successful total: 2 counts of impaired driving causing death, 2 counts of driving with implicit 80 milligrams of intoxicant per 100 millilitres of humor causing death, and 1 number of driving with a suspended licence.

His licence was suspended astatine the clip of the clang owed to a erstwhile impaired driving condemnation handed down five months earlier the crash. Court records amusement helium was surviving successful Charlottetown astatine the clip of the August 2024 collision.

Case related to decease of 2 radical successful August clang successful Albany heads to Supreme Court of P.E.I.

The lawsuit of a 26-year-old antheral charged with impaired driving causing decease volition present beryllium heard successful P.E.I. Supreme Court. Thommachen Thomas Panackal, 26, did not look successful Summerside Provincial Court connected Wednesday, but his lawyer made the predetermination connected his behalf. CBC's Nicola MacLeod has the story.

None of the allegations person been proven successful court, but each signs constituent towards Panackal's lawsuit heading to a trial.

The defence and Crown volition conscionable adjacent week to statesman pre-trial discussions, and the lawsuit volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal successful May.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nicola is simply a newsman and shaper for CBC News successful Prince Edward Island. She regularly covers the transgression justness strategy and besides hosted the CBC podcast Good Question P.E.I. She grew up connected the Island and is simply a postgraduate of St. Thomas University's journalism program. Got a story? Email [email protected]