UPDATE: Normand Lavoie sentenced in death of 3 Carrot River, Sask. teens
The driver of a semi-truck has admitted to slamming into a car stopped at a Highway 6 construction zone, killing three teens from Carrot River, Sask.
Normand Lavoie, 40, of Winnipeg pleaded guilty in a Melfort courtroom on Tuesday to three counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
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He will be sentenced Aug. 22.
The teens, who were students at Carrot River Junior Senior High School, died on Highway 6 near Spalding in May 2015.
Fourteen-year-old Justin Gaja, Kristian Skalicky, who was 15, and Carter Stevenson, 17, were all members of the Wildcats football team.
They were returning to Carrot River after being at a football camp.
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The momentum of the crash pushed the car into a second vehicle, which in turn hit a flag person.
Lavoie and the other drivers weren’t seriously hurt.