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Lacombe man's fatal crash case going to court

A Lacombe man charged in connection with a fatal motor vehicle collision will return to court on Jan. 11.

A Lacombe man charged in connection with a fatal motor vehicle collision will return to court on Jan. 11.

Matthew Lawrence Engelman, 24, is charged with impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death, and refusing to provide a breath sample.

Emergency crews were called to a crash at the intersection of Hwy 20 and Aspelund Road, northwest of Sylvan Lake, at 9 p.m. on Sept. 21.

Police allege that a pickup truck crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming pickup truck.

A Breton man, 41-year-old Randy Pinch, was extracted from his vehicle and rushed by STARS air ambulance to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton.

Pinch died in hospital on Oct. 2.