The RCMP says a man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash near Three Hills, Alta. which killed two people.
The collision occurred on Highway 21, just north of Trochu, on Friday, June 17.
According to investigators, two cars were traveling north on Highway 21 when the second ended up behind the first, causing it to cross the center line where it was hit by an oncoming semi-truck.
Officers found the two occupants of the first car, a 20-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, dead when they arrived.
Richard Douglas Bell, 42, of Elnora, Alta. he is charged with the following offenses:
- Dangerous operation that causes death;
- Impaired functioning that causes death;
- Impaired operation of a motor vehicle; i
- Refusal to provide sample.
Bell has been arrested and is scheduled to appear in the Provincial Court on June 24.
The town of Three Hills is about 100 miles northeast of Calgary.