Kamloops driver acquitted nearly 2 years after fatal crash at Tranquille Road gas station

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops man has been acquitted nearly two years after a crash outside a North Shore convenience store claimed the life of one person.

Mark Earl Crick was charged with driving without due care and attention under Section 144(1)(a) of the Motor Vehicle Act in February this year. The charge was in relation to a crash that happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 27, 2024.

Police were called around 4:40 a.m. that Wednesday morning after the vehicle Crick was driving hit a person who was sitting up against a wall outside the gas station on Tranquille Road. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.