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Trans Canada Collision

Dozy trucker crashes along Trans Canada east of Chase

Jun 10, 2020 | 1:56 PM

CHASE, B.C. — RCMP say the driver of a semi that rolled Wednesday (June 10) east of Chase may have fallen asleep.

According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov, the truck was travelling along the Trans Canada Highway near Sorrento at about 5:00 a.m.

The truck left the road and hit a rock embankment.

Halskov says the driver, who is a man in his 60s from the Fraser Valley, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.