Trial set for Oct. 2027 in fatal Eckville-area crash that killed two
The two men killed in the July 2025 collision were 75 and 72 years old and both from Lacombe.
Why it matters
The case underscores ongoing highway safety concerns in central Alberta following a crash that killed two local residents.
A trial date has been scheduled for a Rimbey man charged in connection with a double-fatal crash near Eckville last year. Aaron Alvin Barr, 24, is set to appear in Red Deer Court of King's Bench on Oct. 13, 2027.
Barr was arrested and charged on March 20, 2026, with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. The charges stem from a collision on July 5, 2025, involving two trucks at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 766, north of Eckville.
RCMP say two men from Lacombe, aged 75 and 72, were the sole occupants of a GMC Sierra and died as a result of the crash. Two occupants of a Dodge truck, a 19-year-old from Red Deer and a 23-year-old from Rimbey, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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