A woman charged in a head-on crash at Genelle four years ago that left another woman with serious injuries will have her preliminary hearing next year.
Gabrielle Lee Nelson, who was born in 1986, is charged with four counts related to impaired and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
The preliminary inquiry is set for a single day, Feb. 24, in Rossland, and will determine if there is enough evidence to send the matter to trial.
It stems from an Oct. 25, 2021 crash on Highway 22 that left Jessica Kluckert, then 22, with a broken pelvis, broken ankle, and a severely broken leg.
Police said the driver of a southbound car crossed the centre line and hit Kluckert’s car.
According to a GoFundMe page established for Kluckert at the time, she was flown to Kelowna General Hospital. The driver of the other vehicle was also taken to hospital.
In January 2022, Kluckert wrote on the GoFundMe site that she was “slowly getting better every day” and had recently undergone a third surgery, but was receiving regular physiotherapy and counselling.
Charges in the crash weren’t laid until November 2024.
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