Charges have been dropped against a Chatham-area man in connection with a crash that killed two sisters trying to rescue a turtle from the roadway in May 2024.

Jarred Hammer, 25, of Raleigh Township, who was charged with careless driving causing death, was before the provincial offences court near Blenheim earlier this week.

Prosecutor Mitchell Ackland was given instructions by assistant Crown attorney Sarah Renaud that “there was no reasonable prospect of conviction” and the charges were to be withdrawn.

Hammer was charged by Chatham-Kent police in November 2024 following a crash on May 18, 2024, that claimed the lives of Teresa Suliga of Blenheim and Elizabeth Seremak of Cambridge, who were known for their love of animals.

The sisters, 66 and 68, were walking along Charing Cross Road

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