RCMP in Nanaimo, B.C., say speed and alcohol were contributing factors in a two-vehicle crash that killed a 74-year-old woman in the Chase River area Thursday night.

In a statement Friday, RCMP said the woman was turning left at the intersection of Cranberry Road and the Trans-Canada Highway at around 9 p.m., when a southbound Dodge Ram pickup truck broadsided her vehicle, a Chevrolet Aveo.

A 47-year-old man was behind the wheel of the pickup, driving at a high rate of speed when, according to