One person has died following a two-vehicle collision between a semi-tractor trailer and a passenger car last night.
Police discovered the site of the crash at 10:45 pm yesterday (Sept 26), after they responded to an earlier call in the area.
Mounties were attending a collision between a moose and a motor vehicle near the B.C. and Alberta border, when they found a passenger vehicle engulfed in flames along Highway 16 just east of Red Pass Townsite Road.
Preliminary findings suggest the tractor-trailer collided with the passenger vehicle after the vehicle reportedly crossed the center line.
The driver of the passenger car was unable to escape the wreckage and died on scene.
The trailer driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Highway 16 was closed for a period of time to allow a collision analyst with the RCMP Integrated Collision Analyst and Reconstructionist Services (ICARS) team to conduct a full examination of the scene.
The BC Coroners Service has been notified and is also conducting an independent and concurrent fact-finding investigation.
Investigators with the RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are working to determine the identity of the deceased driver and properly notify their next of kin.
If you witnessed this crash and have not yet spoken to police, or you have any information that may assist investigators, you are asked to call the Valemount RCMP.
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