By Leah Murray

Fiery crash leads to impaired driving charges

Aug 6, 2017 | 11:59 AM

GLEICHEN, AB – RCMP say charges are pending against a 27-year-old man after a fiery crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gleichen, Saturday morning.

Police, Ems and Fire Services were called to the eastbound lanes of Highway 1 near Range Road 215 just after 7:00 A.M.

RCMP said a Subaru Legacy was travelling east at an excessive speed when it rear-ended a Ford Fairlane.

All three occupants of the Fairlane were taken to hospital in Calgary with non-life-threatening injuries.

In a release RCMP said the Subaru came to rest in the ditch and was engulfed in flames when emergency crews arrived. The driver and lone occupant of the Subaru were not seriously injured. Police suggest the pair had been drinking and were impaired at the time of the crash.

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Charges are still pending against the 27 year-old Subaru driver including impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, impaired operation of a motor vehicle over .80 milligrams causing bodily harm, and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

The man’s name has not been released.