The collision took place on Highway 21, north of the Wheel, on Friday 17 June. According to the investigators, two cars were traveling north on Highway 21, when the second one ended up behind the first one, as a result of which it passed over the main line where it was hit by an oncoming truck. Police 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. is charged with the following offenses:
Dangerous operation that causes death. Disorder of the function that causes death. Malfunction of a motor vehicle. and Refusal to provide a sample.
Bell was remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in District Court on June 24.
Three Hills is located about 100 miles northeast of Calgary.
