Michael Beverly Gress, 36, of St. Albert, isfacing 12 charges including:
- Manslaughter
- Dangerous driving causing death
- Dangerous driving causing bodily harm (x3)
- Impaired driving causing death
- Impaired driving causing bodily harm (x3)
- Fail to stop at scene of an accident
- Breach of condition (x2)
Background:
One man is dead and another is in critical condition in hospital in connection with a three-vehicle collision that occurred in northeast Edmonton on that Saturday morning.
Northeast Division patrol members initially responded to an area west of the intersection at 167 Avenue and 59A Street at approximately 1:30 a.m., Saturday, March 12, 2016. It was reported to police that a Chevy Cavalier and a Dodge Avenger were westbound on 167 Avenue.
At that point, the Dodge Avenger allegedly being driven by Gress, struck the Cavalier from behind at a high rate of speed, sending it spinning into the eastbound lanes where it collided with an oncoming Mitsubishi Lancer.
The lone male passenger in the Cavalier was reportedly thrown from that vehicle, after colliding with the Lancer, before both vehicles came to a stop nearby in the eastbound lane.
The male passenger of the Cavalier was pronounced deceased on scene by paramedics, following several attempts to administer first aid. The driver of the Cavalier was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he remains in critical condition.
The driver and passenger of the Lancer were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Avenger did not sustain injuries, and is then alleged to have fled the scene on foot.