The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. RCMP have charged an Alberta father with offences including impaired driving after a crash last year that killed his five-year-old. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. – RCMP have charged an Alberta father with offences including impaired driving after a crash last year that killed his five-year-old.
Police say officers responded to a report of a Dodge Caravan crashing into a semi-truck on Highway 2 near Fort Macleod, south of Calgary, on Oct. 21.
A man and his two children in the van were taken to hospital, where the five-year-old died.
Mounties say the 38-year-old father from Brocket, Alta., faces nine charges, which also include dangerous driving and criminal negligence.
They say they don’t currently know where he is.
They are asking anyone with information to call RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2023.
