Wheatley mother and daughter killed in crash

LEAMINGTON — A Wheatley mother and daughter — on their way to work in Leamington — were killed Friday morning, March 18 when their vehicle was hit head-on by a pick-up truck.

At approximately 6:45 in the morning, Carrie Steeman, 50, and her daughter Jacqueline Steeman, 30, were travelling westbound on County Rd. 34 (Highway 3) between County Rd. 21 and County Rd. 37 when an eastbound pickup truck sideswiped a utility van and hit their vehicle head-on. The crash occurred in the 600 block of County Rd. 34.

The driver of the pickup — 22-yearold Jacob Fehr of Chatham-Kent — was taken to hospital and later remanded into custody on two charges of impaired driving causing death and two charges of driving while disqualified.

A bail hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, March 22.

The driver of the utility van was uninjured, according to OPP.

The Steemans were both employees of Elring Klinger in Leamington and active members of Unifor Local 444.