NEWS FILE PHOTO
An RCMP cruiser is seen in this file photo. Redcliff RCMP say three people died in a plane crash near Irvine, Alta. late on Saturday, June 1, 2019.
COALDALE — Charges have been laid in a fatal crash on Highway 3 in June which police say involved a car driving on the wrong side of the highway.
A 62-year-old Lethbridge man is accused of impaired driving causing death on June 25 when a collision left a 42-year-old man from Standoff dead and sent a 12-year-old girl to hospital.
Charges were laid on Nov. 18.
Police stated at that time of the crash that emergency crews responded to a two vehicle crash on Highway 3, about two kilometres west of the Highway 509 junction.
They believe a white Toyota Corolla driven by the accused was headed east in the westbound lanes, and eventually struck a westbound Impala containing two the victims.
The man was pronounced dead on the scene, and the girl sustained minor back injuries.
Douglas Bagnell faces charges of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death. The man is free on bail with the next court date set for Nov. 27 in Lethbridge.
