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Double fatal crash near Kamloops

Courtesy CFJC Kamloops

A head-on crash on Highway 1, about 17 kilometres west of Kamloops, has claimed two lives.

RCMP and BC Ambulance crews were called to the crash site around 11:30 Saturday morning.

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Two people in a car that collided with a pickup truck were deceased when they arrived.

The two people inside the pickup were taken to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops with injuries.

Members from Central Interior Traffic Services and a traffic analyst are investigating.

Highway 1 remains closed in both directions.

Traffic is being diverted to Highway 5.

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