Impaired driving charges laid after elderly pedestrian struck in Lethbridge

A Lethbridge man is facing impaired driving charges in connection with a collision that left an elderly pedestrian severely injured. (FILE)

A Lethbridge man is facing impaired driving charges in connection with a collision that left an elderly pedestrian severely injured.

Police say the incident happened just before 4 p.m. Monday at 13th Street and 3rd Avenue North.

The pedestrian, a 78-year-old man, was hit as a truck turned from eastbound 3rd Avenue onto southbound 13th Street, according to police.

The pedestrian was taken to Lethbridge’s Chinook Regional Hospital and then another hospital in Calgary.

His injuries are severe, police say, and he remains in critical condition.

Police have charged Joseph Cameron Brewster with the following:

• impaired driving causing bodily harm; and
• driving over .08.

The 56-year-old accused is next scheduled to appear in court in Lethbridge April 29.