An Ontario mother has allegedly tested positive for drugs after her car was caught up in floodwaters, sending her three-year-old son into the water.
Court documents suggest Michelle Hanson tested positive for cocaine, alcohol and other drugs.
Hanson was charged last October with impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death in connection with the death of Kaden Young early in the morning of Feb. 21, 2018.
She had been driving to her home near Waldemar, Ont., during stormy weather while the nearby Grand River was swelling its banks.
Police said Hanson’s van became stuck in the water after she drove past a road closure sign — she told investigators her son slipped from her grip as she tried to pull him to safety.
Young’s remains weren’t found until two months later, when they were discovered by a fisherman 13 kilometres downstream.
Hanson’s charges remain before the courts. Also working through the court system is a separate proceeding relating to a family matter involving Hanson.
A document filed as part of the family proceeding alleges that toxicology tests found cocaine, alcohol, Percocet and OxyContin in Hanson’s system at the time of Young’s disappearance.
The document also claims that Hanson had left her home to buy cigarettes and brought Young along because car rides often helped him fall asleep, and that she denied being impaired at the time of the incident.
None of the allegations against Hanson have been proven in court.