Charges pending after pedestrian dragged by vehicle near Gull Lake

An 18-year-old male is facing charges after a man was allegedly dragged by a vehicle during an incident Thursday night near Gull Lake.

Rimbey RCMP say the incident happened just before 9 p.m. at Bridgeview Road and Canal Street in the community of Meridian Beach.

RCMP say in a release that the 18-year-old was driving in a “careless manner” and that a pedestrian tried to stop the vehicle by reaching in through the passenger side window.

“The pedestrian held on as the vehicle drove off dragging him along, then fell out of the vehicle and rolled on the road as the vehicle was in motion,” the release says.