Man arrested for impaired driving nearly a year after deadly Alberta crash

Mounties have laid impaired driving charges nearly a year after a deadly crash on a rural highway northeast of Calgary.

RCMP say emergency crews were called to Highway 9 near Range Road 214, about 20 kilometres west of Drumheller, around 11:45 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2024 for reports of a head-on crash.

Investigators say a pickup truck and a car hit each other.

The driver of the car, a 39-year-old man from Drumheller, was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who was in the passenger seat of the car was taken to hospital with injuries.

The driver of the pickup truck was also taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

In an update Friday, RCMP say the pickup driver was arrested this week following “an extensive investigation.”

Sean Powell, 50, from Strathmore is facing 10 charges including impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm. He is also subject to Alberta Immediate Roadside Sanctions and has had his drivers licence suspended.

Powell has been released from custody and will appear in a Drumheller courtroom in December.