By Charles Lefebvre

Oyen Fatal Crash

Charges laid in fatal collision on Highway 9

Jan 30, 2020 | 9:44 AM

OYEN, AB — A 37-year-old man is facing multiple charges following a fatal collision on Highway 9 last summer that killed an 11-year-old boy and injured members of his family.

Lowell Nathan Dyck has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and criminal negligence causing death.

He’s also facing four counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm and four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

The collision occurred on August 7 between Oyen and Cereal. It is alleged a semi-tractor trailer struck a SUV while it was stopped behind another tractor trailer for construction.

An 11-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the SUV with four other members of his family, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two adults and two children in the SUV were taken to hospital.

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Dyck is scheduled to appear in Hanna Provincial Court on April 22, 2020.