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Driver Charged After Unhoused Woman Struck While Sleeping Outside on Vancouver Island
- A 38-year-old woman named Amberlee Joan Herman was charged after striking a homeless Indigenous woman asleep in a tent on November 10, 2024, in a Campbell River alley at 12:30 a.m.
- The incident took place shortly after the victim's son and daughter-in-law had left the tent about 15 minutes beforehand, and police investigations have indicated that the involvement of intoxicants remains a possibility.
- The injured woman, 53-year-old Darlene Christine Smith, sustained serious fractures to her spine, ribs, and chest, required intubation, and was initially treated in Vancouver General Hospital's ICU before transfer to Nanaimo.
- Herman is charged with two offenses related to impaired driving that resulted in injury, along with one charge each of dangerous driving, assault involving a weapon, and making threats.
- Herman was arrested on May 20, released on undertaking, and is scheduled for a court appearance in Campbell River on June 16, 2025, at 9 a.m., with further information expected later.
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Sooke News MirrorDriver charged after unhoused woman struck while sleeping outside on Vancouver Island
Amberlee Joan Herman, 38, has been charged with two counts of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, and one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, among other charges
Charges laid against Campbell River driver who allegedly hit tent with woman inside
Charges have been laid against a driver, six months after she is alleged to have hit a tent with a woman inside it in Campbell River. Amberlee Joan Herman, 38, has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and two counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm. She is accused of hitting a tent with a woman inside of it on the night of Nov. 10, 2024. READ PREVIOUS: Woman in Campbell River …
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