Trial set for impaired driving causing injury
Brandon Paul, 32, denied charges Thursday of driving drunk, leaving scene of accident
A New Brunswick man accused of causing an injurious accident while driving drunk near Fredericton and then fleeing the scene denied the allegations Thursday.
Brandon Paul, 32, of no fixed address, appeared in Fredericton provincial court by telephone Thursday from the Southeast Regional Correctional Facility in Shediac to answer to a tripe of charges.
He’s accused of alternate counts of driving while impaired by a combination of alcohol and/or a drug and having a blood-alcohol level in excess of the legal limit within two hours of driving, thereby causing bodily harm to Clovis Daigle, Rebecca Myshrall and Skylar Dutcher on Dec. 4, 2022, in Lincoln.
Paul is also accused of a related count of leaving the scene of an accident in which he knew people were hurt without stopping to provide assistance.
Defence lawyer Heather Daigle said her client elected to be tried in provincial court on the indictable charges, and he pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Judge Mélanie Poirier LeBlanc scheduled his trial for July 19 and 26.
Paul remains in custody, but on other, unrelated matters.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.