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Man charged after three-year-old struck and killed in Edmonton crosswalk

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Jul, 2024 03:45 PM
  • Man charged after three-year-old struck and killed in Edmonton crosswalk

A man is facing charges after a three-year-old boy was killed in Edmonton when a pickup truck hit him along with his mother and sister.

The crash happened in the southwest neighbourhood of Allard on June 27.

Police say a Ford F150 turned left at an intersection, striking a woman and her two young children as they were heading across a marked crosswalk.

Police say the boy died at the scene.

They say his seven-year-old sister and 39-year-old mother had non-life-threatening injuries.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with careless driving and three counts of failing to yield to a pedestrian.

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