A driver already twice convicted for impaired driving admitted to being drunk and driving home at more than 200 kilometres an hour, the Edmonton Journal reports.
Darren Allen Shrumm drank while attending a golf tournament in June of 2009, before getting on Highway 37 near Morinville and violently crashing into, Donovan Benoit, the Journal adds.
Benoit suffered extensive injuries including 10 fractured ribs, a fractured shoulder blade, a displaced fracture to a bone in his skull, a bruised lung, court heard, the Edmonton Sun reports.
Shrumm has been given a three-year driving ban and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 19, according to the Sun.
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Alberta's Reckless Drivers Hangout Here
Deerfoot Trail, Calgary(01 of12)
Open Image ModalIt's no surprise that Deerfoot Trail makes it to the list of reckless drivers. With multiple lanes of traffic and people getting late for work, recklessness is a common visitor. (credit:Twitter, @IamLeVar )
School Buses(02 of12)
Open Image ModalSchool bus drivers are apparently the worst, Alden Gushnowskitold us on Facebook. "It may not seem like much in absolute terms, but they are flying by at 60 km/h when the speed limit is 30 and there are kids walking to school," he says. (credit:Shutterstock)
McKenzie Towne, Prestwick(03 of12)
Open Image ModalPeople are flying and not looking down the streets in Prestwick, in Calgary's McKenzie Towne, says Lisa on Facebook, where all the kids play! (credit:Shutterstock)
Highway 36?(04 of12)
Open Image ModalLisa Lynn says she's reached 173km/hr going to Brooks from Lethbridge. Eek! A little too fast perhaps? (credit:Shutterstock)
68th Ave, Grande Prairie(05 of12)
Open Image ModalUnfortunately, tragic crashes have taken place on 68th Avenue in Grande Prairie. (credit:Shutterstock)
Kodiak Blvd N Lethbridge(06 of12)
Open Image ModalPeople speed a little too often in this residential area with parks and playgrounds. (credit:Shutterstock)
Trans-Canada Highway(07 of12)
Open Image ModalSpeeders and weather conditions often make traveling the Trans-Canada Highway through Kananaskis Country and the mountain parks a dangerous affair. (credit:Alamy)
Highway 63(08 of12)
Open Image ModalKnown as the Highway of Death, speeders are still the major cause of accidents along this infamous highway, the main artery to the Alberta oilsands. (credit:CP)
Highway 22(09 of12)
Open Image ModalFound along the western edge of the province, this highway finds itself slightly off the beaten path and is thus a favourite for lead-footed drivers. (credit:CP)
Highway 2/QEII(10 of12)
Open Image ModalHighway 2, or QEII between Calgary and Edmonton, is notorious for speeders, a thoroughfare that requires drivers to speed just to keep up with the flow of traffic. (credit:CP)
Highway 3(11 of12)
Open Image ModalRunning east to west along the south edge of the province, Highway 3 has earned a bad reputation for the amount of speeders who frequent the road. (credit:CP)
Highway 16(12 of12)
Open Image ModalThe main east/west artery in Central Alberta, and the main artery between Edmonton and Jasper National Park, Highway 16 has become synonymous with speeders. (credit:Flckr (dicktay2000))
This is not the first incident of someone in Alberta being charged for speeding over the 200-kilometre mark.
In September of 2012, Calgary police pulled over a man on a motorcycle going almost twice the speed limit on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail.
The driver hit speeds of close to 200-kilometre per hour, before he was pulled over near 17 Ave. S.E.
"All it would have taken was one lane change" and things could have ended horribly for the driver, Duty Inspector Paul Stacey told the Calgary Herald.
Mixing heavy drinking with wheels is still a significant issue, according to the Edmonton Police Service, which said that in January they responded to seven calls where a driver was drunk and sleeping in their car.
In total, police laid 59 impaired charges and handed out eight licence suspensions that month.
One of those incidents saw an Edmonton dad allegedly passed out drunk behind the wheel at an intersection with a baby in the back seat.
Efforts by witnesses to awake the man before police arrived failed, the EPS said.