A 53-year-old man faces impaired driving charges after a crash that killed a toddler in Kitchener.
   
Police say the 17-month-old girl was killed and her 36-year-old mother critically injured early Saturday evening when their Volkswagen Jetta was rear-ended by a cube van on Highways 7 and 8 at Hallman Road.
   
They say the woman's 38-year-old husband also suffered minor injuries.
   
Investigators say their car had broke down and was sitting on the right side of the highway when the collision occurred.
   
The mother and child were flown by air ambulance to hospital in Hamilton where the child was pronounced dead, while the father was treated at a Kitchener hospital.
   
Hugh John Brake, of Kitchener, has been charged with eight offences including impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle, possession of marijuana and obstructing justice.