Two fatalities after three-vehicle highway collision in Blue River area
BLUE RIVER, B.C. — RCMP say two people have died in an automobile crash in the Blue River area Wednesday afternoon (June 29).
In a release, Cpl. Mike Halskov with BC Highway Patrol says around 2:05 p.m Wednesday, Clearwater RCMP, BC Highway Patrol and emergency services were called to a three-vehicle collision along Highway 5 near Six Mile Bridge in Blue River.
Halskov says when crews arrived on scene, they found that a sedan heading northbound with two people inside had entered the oncoming lane, first colliding with the trailer of a wide-load, then colliding head-on with the pilot truck.
The driver of the sedan, a man in his 70s, and the passenger, a man in his 20s, died as a result of the collision.