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Fort McKay Woman’s Death in ATV Accident Caused by Impaired Driving According to Police

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.

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Fort MacMurray Provincial Court Sentences Man Caught Impaired Driving Three Times

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The Fort MacMurray Provincial Court has sentenced a man who was busted for impaired driving three times. 39 year old James Louie McDonald entered a guilty plea to multiple impaired driving incidents, which included impaired driving and also blood alcohol over the legal limit, as well as one charge of assaulting a cab driver. McDonald was sentenced to spend 6 months in jail for the incidents. All of the charges involved in the case were linked to a period of depression and alcoholism that McDonald went through when he became separated from his wife and 3 kids. The first incident happened on Dec. 2, 2013, when McDonald hit a parked vehicle at around 2 am.

The Fort MacMurray Provincial Court heard that the second incident of impaired driving occurred on June 26, 2014 at Bailey’s Pub at the Stonebridge Hotel. The third incident happened on October 26, 2014, when police received reports of a swerving vehicle on the road. There was also an incident when McDonald assaulted a cab driver. The 39 year old was identified by the cab driver and surveillance footage. Justice Stephanie Cleary told McDonald “Indeed it is amazing to me … that some innocent person was not injured or killed. It’s amazing good luck for everyone else on the roads.” Justice Cleary also explained that she recognized substance abuse problems but that the sentence was needed for general deterrence. McDonald was sentenced to 15 days for the assault, and to sentences of 15, 30, and 120 days respectively for the impaired driving charges.