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FATAL HIGHWAY Crash
One person killed in crash on Highway 5 south of Valemount
Jan 29, 2025 | 11:09 AM
VALEMOUNT, B.C. — One person is dead, and another was injured after a collision on Highway 5 south of Valemount.
RCMP say they were called to the scene nearly 25 kilometres south of Valemount at around 5:40 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 28) where a semi-truck and pickup truck collided.
In a news release issued Wednesday morning, police say the driver of the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver of the semi suffered minor injuries.
DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 5 didn’t reopen until around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.