Guilty plea in Pemberton drunk driving crash that killed 3 men

A man who killed three people while driving drunkhas pleadedguilty to three counts of impaired driving causing death.

Samuel Alec crashed the car he was driving intocyclists Ross Chafe, 50, and KellyBlunden, 53 north of Pemberton in May of 2015.

Paul Pierre Jr.,a passenger inthevehicle, also died as a result of the accident.

Chafe and Blunden were riding down a steep hill on the Duffy Lake Road section of Highway 99, when Alec's older model Cavalier crossed the centre line and hit them head-on.

Alec has a lengthy criminal record and multiple previous convictions for impaired driving.

He is next scheduled to appear in B.C. Supreme Court, March 27.