One person died while trying to help a driver involved in a two vehicle collision.
On March 25 at approximately 7:26 pm Williams Lake RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle incident involving two semi-trucks on Highway 20, approximately 25 kilometres west of Williams Lake.
Division Media Relations Officer, Corporal Brett Urano, said in a release that Emergency responders attended the scene where it was determined that one person had died.
“The deceased is a 49-year-old man who had stopped at the scene to assist following the initial collision. While assisting with efforts to extricate a trapped driver from one of the commercial vehicles, the second commercial vehicle became dislodged and struck the man resulting in fatal injuries.”
Police said Highway 20 was closed for several hours while emergency personnel and investigators worked to manage the scene and conduct the initial investigation.
‘The investigation remains ongoing and is being led by Williams Lake RCMP with assistance from BC Coroners Service and other agencies,” Urano said.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dash camera footage from the area around the time of the incident is asked to contact Williams Lake RCMP.
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