Charges laid in fatal crash near Taber

TABER – RCMP have laid charges in relation to a December crash which killed two people east of Taber.

Roy McClusky, 58, of Lethbridge faces two charges of dangerous driving causing death following the Dec. 5 crash.

RCMP say a car carrying a family of four was waiting to turn left on Highway 3 when it was struck from behind by a pickup truck.

A 33-year-old Coaldale man and his five-year-old son were pronounced dead on scene.

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McClusky also faces two charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. A three-year-old boy was airlifted by STARS to hospital. His condition is non-life threatening. The driver of the car, a woman in her mid-20s, was taken to hospital in stable condition.

“He (the truck driver) must have been going pretty fast because I didn’t hear any screeching of brakes or nothing,” one of the first witnesses on the scene, Jorge Morales, said. “I just heard the big crash, a car was spinning and the other one went towards the field.”

RCMP said weather, road conditions and alcohol were not factors in the crash.

McClusky is not currently in custody. His first court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 26 in Taber Provincial Court.