Medicine Hat police lay charges in vehicle collision that caused 15-year-old’s death
Three youth have been charged in the accident that led to the recent death of a Medicine Hat teenager, police said in a statement Thursday.
Emergency services responded to a motor vehicle collision late on July 18 at 10:30 p.m. that occurred at the intersection of Strachan Road Southeast and Spruce Way Southeast.
The 15-year-old was riding a moped travelling west bound on Strachan Road and was about to turn south bound onto Spruce Way before it was struck from behind by a west-bound vehicle.
Police said the operation of a separate vehicle was found to contribute to the cause of the collision.