A man was charged with impaired driving after a fatal two-vehicle crash north of Plamondon, Alta., on Tuesday, according to RCMP Wednesday.
On Aug. 4 before 4:30 a.m., Lac la Biche RCMP responded to a report of the head-on crash between two SUVs on Birch Grove Road.
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A 54-year-old Plamondon man driving one of the SUVs was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver of the other vehicle — Ignaty Scherbakov, 48, of Plamondon — was charged with impaired driving causing death, RCMP said.
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Police released Scherbakov, who is set to appear in Lac la Biche Provincial Court on Aug. 31.
The crash is under investigation.
Plamondon is about 205 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
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