A Calgary man admitted he was high on methamphetamine when he struck and killed a 15-year-old boy in a hit-and-run collision north of Winnipeg last August.
Justin Joseph Little pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Winnipeg courtroom to charges that included impaired driving causing death after he struck Ben Harris, 15, of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, and a friend on Aug. 10, 2018.
Harris and his friend had been riding their bikes on a road late in the evening.
Court heard Harris was killed at the scene while his friend was injured.
After the vehicle became disabled in a ditch, the driver fled on foot but was captured by Mounties with a canine unit nearby in another vehicle. Needles were found on Little following the collision.
Little, 29 at the time of the collision, is expected to face sentencing in February.
With files from The Canadian Press
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