Driver behind fatal 2025 Leduc County drunk driving crash pleads guilty
The driver behind the wheel of a SUV that crashed head-on into a car carrying a Alberta woman and her son plead guilty to impaired driving causing their deaths Thursday.
On Thursday, the woman responsible for a fatal drunk driving crash in Leduc County in 2025 admitted guilt to impaired driving causing the deaths of two local residents. Amy Patricia Krautt, 39, entered the courtroom in a walker and pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving causing death. The fatal collision occurred on April 2, 2025, when Krautt's SUV struck Kean Konchinew's vehicle head-on near Highway 21 and Township Road 502.
Kean, 39, and his wife Shirley, 71, were killed in the crash. Court documents revealed that Krautt's blood alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit at the time of the incident. She had been injured in the crash, with her foot almost severed and brain damage. Krautt also admitted to using her phone while driving in 2019, for which she was previously charged with common nuisance.
Her family expressed their grief, with her daughter Krystal saying, "I'll never get to learn from her." Kean's sister Constance added, "He was always really positive."
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