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Police allege driver in fatal crash was high

Months after a collision in southeast London that killed a Sparta woman, charges have been laid against one of the drivers.

The collision on Highbury Avenue near Scotland Drive happened on October 7, 2019 and claimed the life of 68-year-old Penny Kay of Sparta. The 71-year-old man driving the car she was in suffered serious injuries. The other driver, 57-year-old Shawn Norris of London was also seriously injured in the crash.

In a news release issued Monday, London police allege that Norris was impaired by drugs at the time of the crash. He is now charged with impaired operation of a conveyance causing death, impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, and dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm

Norris is to appear in court on March 18.

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