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Impaired driving charges laid after fatal pedestrian crash in Lethbridge

Emergency crews responded to a pedestrian crash on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Global News

The Lethbridge Police Service charged a person with impaired driving causing death after a fatal pedestrian crash on Monday.

On Aug. 2 at around 10:15 a.m., police responded after a southbound truck struck a female pedestrian in the 1200 block of Mayor Magrath Drive S.

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The pedestrian was taken to hospital where she later died of her injuries, LPS said in a news release on Tuesday. Police did not provide her age.

Shannon Good Striker, of Lethbridge, was charged with impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing death with a blood alcohol level over 0.08 and dangerous driving causing death.

Good Striker is scheduled for court on Aug. 24.

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