A dump truck driver charged after a serious crash last week on the 17 Freeway is the same man charged in the hit-and-run death of a female pedestrian last year on the West Second Line. Charles McMillan, also known as Chuck McMillan, was charged by the Ontario Provincial Police last week after the dump truck he was driving collided with an S&T Group work truck on the morning of July 22. McMillan was charged with multiple offences, including careless driving, driving a commercial vehicle without a license and a driver’s license suspension notice for operating a commercial motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration above zero. The driver of the S&T van was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. SooToday has confirmed through public court documents that McMillan is the same driver charged after hitting and killing a woman on Second Line West on May 27, 2021. The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service never released his name to the media, even after the accusation. SooToday reached out to Sault Ste. Marie Police Service on Thursday to ask why McMillan’s name was not released. The police have not yet responded to this request. McMillan’s company, FKM Trucking, has also been charged in connection with the July 22 crash: one charge of allowing an unlicensed person to drive a commercial vehicle. A notice on McMillan’s Facebook page says he has been with the company since 1998. SooToday reached out to FKM Trucking for comment Wednesday to ask why McMillan was allowed to continue driving for the company, but did not receive a response. McMillan was formally charged with careless driving causing death on June 24, 2021, nearly a full month after the crash that killed the woman on West Second Line near Brunswick Avenue. That matter is still before the court, with McMillan’s next appearance scheduled for August 10.
