Guilty plea in drunk driving crash that killed 3 young men from B.C., Alberta [Video]

A woman who was drunk behind the wheel in a crash that killed three young men from B.C. and Alberta has pleaded guilty in their deaths.

Haley Jade Watson, who turns 23 this year, was facing three counts of impaired driving causing death and three counts of dangerous driving causing death in the July 9, 2024, collision.

Jackson Freeman, 25, from Sherwood Park, Alta., Gavin Murray, 21, of Wilmer, B.C., and Brady Tardif, 25, from Calgary, died when the truck they were riding in went off the highway and down an embankment on Westside Road near Panorama Drive in Wilmer.

A coroners report states that the truck was travelling at more than 115 km/h in a 60 km/h zone when it failed to navigate a curve in the road.

Police said speed and intoxication were factors in the crash, which left a Toyota Tundra a flattened wreck.

Watson was hospitalized but survived.

In a Cranbrook courtroom on …