The man accused of careless driving in the death of 26-year-old Mikayla Ouellet is due back in court at the end of the month.
The Highway Traffic Act charge of careless driving causing death was laid against 32-year-old Phillip Williamson on Sept. 27, a few weeks after Ouellet's death in a head-on collision in the west end on Sept. 6.
On that day, Williamson was driving a Ford pickup truck, one of three vehicles involved in the collision that occurred around 11:20 a.m.
At the time, police said the initial investigation revealed that the Ford pickup was eastbound on Wallace Terrace, east of Allens Side Road, when it crossed the centre line, striking a westbound delivery van and a westbound Chevrolet pick up.
The Ford pickup then left the roadway and rolled onto its passenger side. The driver of that pickup had to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Ouellet, the driver of the Chevrolet pickup truck, was pronounced deceased at the scene. It was later revealed she was pregnant at the time of her death.
As a policy, Sault Police do not name people accused of Highway Traffic Act offences. SooToday confirmed Williamson's name on publicly available court documents for the charge.
Williamson's next appearance will be at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 29 at the Provincial Offences Court at the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.
The charge has yet to be tested in court, and Williamson is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
If convicted, he could face a fine of between $2,000 and $50,000, a prison term up to two years, and a licence suspension of up to five years.