Driver charged in fatal hit and run near Coaldale

Police say a man has been charged in connection with a fatal hit and run that took place last September on Highway 5 near Lethbridge. Two people, a man and a woman, were walking southbound along the highway on September 2, 2018 at about 4:50 a.m. A truck, also heading southbound, ended up hitting the man and left him with fatal injuries. The victim, identified as a 26-year-old from the Blood First Nation, was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman walking with him was not hit by the truck. The