Not guilty pleas in fatal highway crash near Red Deer
A woman charged with impaired driving in a fatal crash west of Red Deer last year entered not guilty pleas in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday.
Trial for Bobbi Crotty got underway with the 24-year-old being arraigned on four of the eight counts against her. She pleaded not guilty to charges of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and three of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm in the August 5, 2017 incident.
That’s when RCMP were dispatched to a three-vehicle crash along Highway 11A near Range Road 281 shortly after 11:30 p.m. which claimed the life of a 36-year-old woman and injured multiple others.
During witness testimony on Monday, Joan Rogers of Sylvan Lake said she saw the crash take place in front of her while on her way home from Ponoka. Rogers testified that her westbound vehicle was stopped behind a red vehicle at a red light on Highway 11A just west of Red Deer shortly before the crash.