Girl dies after minivan crashes into Alberta school

Posted By: Jason Mayoff · 10/26/2012 4:27:00 PM

One of three girls seriously injured when a minivan crashed into a rural Alberta school has died.

The RCMP confirm that the child died in an Edmonton hospital.

Police have charged Richard Edward Benson with dangerous driving, resisting arrested and possessing a controlled substance.

They allege Benson, who is 46, was behind the wheel of the van when it crashed into a basement classroom at Racette Junior High
School in St. Paul on Thursday.

The man's family has said he was suffering from seizures in the last several months.

The two other badly hurt girls remain in hospital.

 

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