Yellowhead highway crash victim dies in hospital

Feb 3, 2016 | 1:41 PM

KAMLOOPS — The BC Coroners Service has confirmed a crash that took place on the Yellowhead Highway on December 29th has now turned fatal.

61-year-old Wesley Earl Peters died in Royal Inland Hospital last Thursday.

Peters was one of the people involved in a six-vehicle pileup on the Yellowhead Highway near Oka Trail.

Spokesperson Barb McLintock says the coroners service and RCMP are still trying to determine what caused the crash.

VIDEO: From December 29, 2015