RCMP Corporal Jolene Garland blood samples taken from Jonathan Patten confirmed the presence of a number of illicit impairing drugs.
27-year-old Jonathan Patten of Pouch Cove has been charged after an investigation into a fatal collision that occurred on March 19th. A head-on collision happened on the Veterans Memorial Highway shortly before 10:30 p.m. that night. Patten was operating a GMC truck that collided with a Subaru car. The driver of the Subaru, a 25-year-old Tilton man, died at the scene. RCMP Corporal Jolene Garland blood samples taken from Patten confirmed the presence of a number of illicit impairing drugs. Patten has been charged with impaired operation by drug causing death and having a blood drug concentration above the prescribed (legal) limit. His licence was suspended and he is due to appear in court December 18th.
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