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.
One man dead in single-vehicle collision near Crawford Bay
SHARE ON: RCMP detachment (Troy Landreville, Vista Radio staff)
The single-vehicle collision occurred Tuesday afternoon. RCMP said one man was killed and another man taken to hospital.
“Upon arrival it was determined that a southbound white Fiat 500 with two occupants lost control as it entered a turn and left the highway going down a steep embankment, coming to rest near the shoreline of Kootenay Lake,” said Creston RCMP.
According to police, the driver, a local man in his 40s was taken to the hospital for treatment whereas the other occupant, an Alberta man in his 60s, died in the collision.