Woman killed in rollover accident near the Coquihalla Summit Saturday
Last Updated Jul 17, 2021 at 9:52 pm PDT
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Summary
One person has died and four others injured after a single vehicle roll over crash on Highway 5 Saturday
The crash occurred near the Coquihalla Summit around 8:30 a.m.
HOPE (NEWS 1130) The BC Coroners Service and BC Highway Patrol are investigating after a serious rollover crash claimed the life of a woman in her 70s, and injured four others Saturday.
Just after 8:30 a.m., Hope RCMP, BC Highway Patrol Chilliwack, and medical emergency crews responded to reports of a serious single vehicle crash involving a large SUV in the southbound lanes, just south of the Portia Brake Check on the Coquihalla Highway.
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O’Donaghey said an officer responded to the location and attempted to conduct a traffic stop with the stolen pickup truck. “The stolen vehicle reversed suddenly, nearly striking the police vehicle, and fled the area at a high rate of speed and into the oncoming lanes,” O’Donaghey said. “Recognizing the dangers posed to the general public, the police and even the suspect, frontline RCMP officers did not pursue the vehicle as it fled the area in an erratic manner.” Moments later, the pickup truck was involved in a collision with a white Mazda sedan at the intersection of Columbia Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Columbia Valley Search and Rescue helicopter.
A Mountie in BC’s Columbia Valley is being celebrated for risking his own life to save another. The police officer, a four-year member of Canada’s national police force and accomplished swimmer, jumped into action on Tuesday to guide a paddle boarder, struggling against the river’s current, safely to shore.
On June 29, 2021 just after 5 p.m., Columbia Valley RCMP received a request to check the wellbeing of a woman, believed to be in distress and paddle boarding the Columbia River. The caller to police had received a phone call from a friend who sounded extremely distressed. She was able to determine that her friend was likely paddle boarding on the Columbia River, having launched from James Chabot Park.