A bench warrant has been issued for an Alberta man facing dangerous driving charges in a crash near Nelson. According to the BC Prosecution Service, Jivat Aragon-Martinez failed to appear in court as scheduled on Aug. 25. Aragon-Martinez is accused of crashing a pickup truck just outside of Nelson in August 2024. One witness told police a pickup almost rear-ended their car, swung out into the opposite lane and barely missed an oncoming pickup near Thrums. Police say the truck also collided with the back of another vehicle and kept going.