-UPDATE #4- ONE PERSON IS DECEASED AFTER A FATAL COLLISION ON NIPISSING STREET One Person Charged
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-UPDATE #4- ONE PERSON IS DECEASED AFTER A FATAL COLLISION ON NIPISSING STREET
One Person Charged
(WEST NIPISSING, ON) - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged one person in relation to a double fatal collision earlier this year.
On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at approximately 11:40 pm, members of the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Nipissing Street in West Nipissing. A passenger in one vehicle, a 62-year-old female from Sudbury, was pronounced deceased. Two other occupants of that vehicle reported minor injuries.
Three occupants of the second vehicle were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries. A fourth occupant of the second vehicle, a 15-year-old female from West Nipissing, sustained life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
As a result of the investigation, Nathan PEREIRA, 18 years old, from North Bay, was charged with:
- Dangerous operation causing death - two counts
- Impaired operation causing death - two counts
- Impaired operation causing death, over 80 - two counts
- Dangerous operation causing bodily harm - two counts
- Impaired operation causing bodily harm - two counts
- Impaired operation causing bodily harm, over 80 - two counts
- Drive motor vehicle, perform stunt, excessive speed
- Driver, fail to properly wear seat belt
- Drive while passenger under 16 fails to properly wear a seat belt - two counts
- Red light, fail to stop
- Disobey stop sign, fail to stop
- Novice driver, blood alcohol concentration above zero
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday, May 7, 2026, in North Bay.