Tragedy on two BC highways Sunday afternoon. Mounties say an elderly woman has died of her injuries after the car she was a passenger in, went into a ditch and hit a bank in a small gully on Highway 97, north of Clinton at around 1:00. The woman was from Prince George. She was flown to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, where she succumbed to her … [Read more...]
Man pleads guilty in deadly highway crash
July 30, 2012 by
It was supposed to be the start of his trial. But instead, the driver of a car that plowed into the back of a minivan stopped in the HOV lane stopped on Highway One four years ago, has pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. The crash in November of 2008 left nine year old Andrew Moeller and his six year old brother Matthew … [Read more...]
Man dead after rollover on Coquihalla Highway
June 2, 2012 by
A man in his early thirties is dead after the vehicle he was in rolled over on the Coquihalla Highway Friday night. RCMP Inspector Davy Lee says a report came in about 9:30. The rollover happened near the Great Bear Snowshed area about 40 kilometres north of Hope. "We got a single vehicle rollover there--it looks like the occupant was ejected and … [Read more...]
Float plane crashes near Highway 97, west of Peachland
May 13, 2012 by
A small float plane has crash landed near Highway 97 in the Okanagan. Officials with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre say the aircraft went down about 30 kilometres west of Peachland around 6:45 p.m. They were unsure how many people were on board, or where exactly the plane was coming from or heading to. Emergency responders were en … [Read more...]
Government supports highway flaggers
May 4, 2012 by
BC's Transportation Minister says the traffic signs that call for double the fines in construction zones are simply out of date. The BC Flagging Association recently learned there is no actual law to back up the signs posted in roadwork zones, so it has written a letter to the Government, asking to make a law. Minister Blair Lekstrom … [Read more...]
Who’s responsible for those highway signs?
May 2, 2012 by
There is no law that states traffic fines double in construction zones. That, according to the BC Flagging Association despite the signs displayed in roadwork areas, "The RCMP, the Integrated Road guys, the Ministry of Transportation, nobody seems to know where those signs came from. And the police do not have the authority to actually double … [Read more...]
Highway 1 off-ramp goes back to the future
April 16, 2012 by
There is a big change planned for early Tuesday morning (5am) on the Surrey side of the Port Mann Bridge. Pam Ryan of the Transportation Investment Corporation says the off-ramp for 152nd Street is being moved from the left-hand to the right-hand side of the freeway, Well, we're certainly hopeful that because it's more standard, it's a … [Read more...]
Alberta man dead after B.C. highway crash
February 26, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - A 47-year-old commercial truck driver from Alberta is dead following a single-vehicle crash in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon.RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen says the accident took place yesterday afternoon on Highway 1, about five kilometres south of the community of Boston Bar.He says the southbound driver lost control of his … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Fatal crash along Highway 99
January 29, 2012 by
Some new details on last night's fiery collision on the Sea to Sky Highway near Whistler. RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen says the 19-year old driver of a pick-up truck that slammed into a limousine -- killing its driver -- may have been impaired by drugs, "We have a drug recognition expert involved in the investigation. That 19-year old male … [Read more...]
Fatal crash along Highway 99
January 29, 2012 by
One person is dead, and at least one other is hurt, after a fiery crash between a car and a pick-up truck along the sea-to-sky highway.RCMP sergeant Peter Thiessen says the accident happened near Function Junction, south of Whistler, just before 11:30pm Saturday. "Which resulted in a significant explosion, and one of the vehicles being engulfed in … [Read more...]
