Senior dies after being hit by truck in Lethbridge, driver facing impaired driving causing death charges

Senior dies after being hit by truck in Lethbridge, driver facing impaired driving causing death charges

A charge against a 56-year-old Lethbridge man allegedly driving while impaired has been upgraded following the death of the elderly pedestrian he's accused of hitting at a Lethbridge intersection.

Charges Upgraded Against Impaired Driver After Pedestrian Dies - Bridge City News - March 12, 2026

UPDATE – March 11: The impaired driver who struck an elderly pedestrian has charges against him upgraded, after the victim succumbed to his injuries. After the 78-year-old man was transported to a Calgary hospital with life-threatening head injuries, he died on four days later on Friday. 56-year-old Joseph Cameron Brewster of Lethbridge is now charged with impaired driving causing death rather than with impaired driving causing bodily harm. He a…