Driver and passenger seriously injured in Merritt motorcycle crash

MERRITT, B.C. — Two people were sent to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops with serious injuries following a motorcycle crash in Merritt. 

Merritt RCMP say officers responded to a stretch of Voght Street at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday (June 2). 

According to RCMP, the motorcycle was travelling eastbound on Voght Street when the driver accelerated. After crossing the Highway 5A overpass near the Walmart in Merritt, police say the rider lost control of the motorcycle and left the roadway to the right, ejecting the motorcyclist and the passenger. 

DriveBC first reported of a closure on Highway 5A shortly after 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. The roadway reopened at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday after investigators and a collision reconstructionist assessed the scene.