A judge is now deliberating on the fate of a cement truck driver accused of killing five people in a crash.

Daniel Tschetter is charged with five counts of manslaughter and five counts of criminal negligence.

In final arguments, the Crown argued that Tschetter could be convicted on manslaughter because of the evidence of  Tschetter's driving and actions after the crash.

But the defence argued that the manslaughter charges weren't proven.

Christopher Gautreau, his daughters Alexia and Kiarra, Gautreau's girlfriend Melaina Hovdebo and her son Zachary, were all killed in the crash.

Tschetter has testified that he was having a bad day and wasn't paying attention when his truck rammed a car stopped at a red light lights on Macleod Trail South.

He also told the court that he accidentally drank from a bottle of vodka, thinking it was his water bottle.

A decision is expected to be handed down in early May.