Coquihalla Highway open following fatal crash
MERRITT, B.C. — The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt was the scene of a fatality and multiple accidents yesterday afternoon.
Motorists were stranded in long lineups as they waited for the highway to be cleared, while weather got worse by the minute.
Sergeant Mike Pears of the Central Interior Traffic Services section says just after 3:00 PM yesterday afternoon, RCMP and Emergency responders left Merritt after a report of an accident involving a single vehicle that had crashed south of the community near Comstock Road.
As the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle got out, her vehicle was struck by a northbound vehicle. That collision killed the woman who had exited the vehicle.