Posted:
May 10, 2021
New Brunswick man killed in national park head-on
On May 8, at approximately 12 p.m., Columbia Valley RCMP and B.C. Emergency Health Services responded to a fatal collision on Highway 93 near Numa Falls in Kootenay National Park.
Upon arrival it was determined that an eastbound white Freightliner semi-truck was attempting to pass a slower moving passenger vehicle when it collided head-on with a westbound silver Honda Odyssey minivan.
The driver of the minivan, a 65-year old man from New Brunswick, died at the scene. Three female passengers in the minivan, all from New Brunswick and ranging in age from 12-years old to 58-years old, sustained varying degrees of injury requiring medical treatment at hospital.