Hundreds of people gathered to say a final goodbye to an 18-year-old killed in a serious crash on Highway 8 last week.
Dustin Peers was killed in a head on crash on Tuesday, July 31, after his car slammed head on with a semi truck.
He was remembered by friends and family as a colorful and talented person.
One friend said that his “kindness and courtesy were out of this world”.
Dustin’s friend Chase Hudye was killed in another crash on Highway 8 two days later.
Police say Hudye’s pickup crossed the centre line into the path of a heavy duty tow truck.
A service for Hudye is planned for Wednesday evening.
The death of both teens in such quick succession has prompted calls for the province to do something about the stretch of road that many call dangerous.
Katherine Harle is an Elbow Estates Board member and a family friend of the Hudyes.
"This has been going on now for fifteen years. They've been talking about twinning the highway, they don't have the funds to twin the highway. I don't know how many more of our kids have to die before they do something about this freeway," said Harle.
The family has expressed concerns about the highway for years hoping that more safety measures would be added.
Since 2006, there have been 214 collisions on the highway between 101 St. and Highway 22, including 57 injury crashes and four deaths.
