Overview

• After a nine-month probe, B.C. Highway Patrol confirmed that the BC Prosecution Service approved charges against Vanessa Lameiras
• She faces one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of impaired operation causing death alleging alcohol and methamphetamine impairment
• Lameiras was arrested on July 31, 2025—exactly one year after the July 31, 2024 head-on collision that killed a 39-year-old man
• During her initial court appearance in early August, Lameiras was not remanded to custody
• Authorities are withholding further details to protect the integrity of the ongoing proceedings