OkotoksOnline
A man has been charged in connection with a hit and run on Siksika Nation that killed two people and left another in critical condition over the weekend.
Gleichen RCMP responded to the incident around 9:30 p.m. on July 26, after a vehicle drove into a group of five people, striking three of them.
On Monday evening (July 28), the RCMP Major Crimes Unit identified the deceased as 27-year-old Trayton Runningbird and 45-year-old Clifton Saddleback.
The third victim, a 45-year-old woman, remains in hospital in critical condition.
Police have arrested and charged 27-year-old Adolphus Weaselchild of Siksika Nation with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
He has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Drumheller.