According to police the driver involved in an ATV accident that resulted in the death of a 31 year old woman from Fort McKay has been charged with impaired driving as well as several other criminal charged. 31 year old Jeremy Langdon was driving an ATV with two female passengers shortly before midnight on May 31, 2016 when the accident occurred. The ATV rolled over as the trio was headed down a hill, and Langdon was arrested at the scene when police arrived. The passenger who died was alive when discovered at the scene but she was in obvious distress, and resuscitation efforts on the scene by officers were not successful. Once emergency medical services and firefighters were on scene the woman was pronounced dead.
Wood Buffalo RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott reported that a collision analysis of the ATV accident was performed, as well as a Municipal Traffic United collision investigation. The death of the woman was reported but her name has been withheld. According to Scott “There were three people on the ATV. They were trying to negotiate a downhill, and they failed to negotiate it.” There was also a 41 year old female passenger on the ATV at the time of the accident but she was not injured. In addition to impaired driving causing death Langdon also faces charges for dangerous driving causing death, driving over the legal limit, and criminal negligence causing death. After being rrested at the scene Jeremy Langdon was taken to the Timberlea RCMP detachment, where he posted bail and was eventually released until his next court appearance on June 27, 2016.
