The B.C. motorist accused of driving under the influence when his vehicle crashed into a motorcycle on Highway 27 east of Sundre is scheduled to return to court in November.
Sean Terrance Letwin, 31, of Beaverdell, B.C., faces charges including impaired driving causing death as well as driving while unauthorized as a result of the collision last year that claimed the life of Sundre resident Henryk Yonza, 47.
Emergency responders had received a report of the collision at about 11:40 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2016. The Sundre and Olds RCMP detachments, as well as EMS and the Sundre Fire Department, attended the scene on Highway 27 about 15 kilometres east of Sundre. Despite being airlifted by STARS to a Calgary hospital, Yonza subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
Police said the preliminary investigation had revealed that an eastbound vehicle, driven by Letwin, crossed over the centre line and collided with a westbound motorcycle, which Yonza was riding on his way home from work in Olds. Letwin was arrested without incident at the scene and charged with the offences, police had reported at the time.
"These are the sad reminders of what happens when people drink and drive," Sundre RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Jim Lank previously told the Round Up.
"Everyone makes the choice whether to drive after they've been drinking ó even though they don't intend to cause an accident, especially a fatality ó but they have the choice."
The accused was scheduled for a June court appearance in Didsbury, and the case has been scheduled for preliminary hearing from Nov. 6-10 in Calgary, according to a provincial court check service.
