Impaired driving charge laid after kid killed near Prince Albert

UPDATE: Gordon Morris Crain pleads guilty to impaired driving related to boy’s death

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A man is facing charges including impaired driving causing death after an 11-year-old boy was killed on Saturday evening.

The boy was riding a bike with a group of other youth along the side of Highway 3 near the Muskoday Bridge when he was struck and seriously injured.

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He was rushed to Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert where he succumbed to his injuries.

No other youths were injured.

A 51-year-old man was arrested and charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.

He is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert provincial court on Monday morning.

No names have been released and RCMP continue to investigate.