UPDATE: The RCMP have issued a correction in regards to the fatal collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Sicamous earlier this month.
Initially, police said a westbound pick-up truck crossed the centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound sedan on the Trans-Canada Highway.
However, police say pickup truck was actually eastbound, with the westbound sedan likely crossing the centre line.
“During the initial investigation, police believed the westbound pickup truck crossed the centre line,” the RCMP said in its correction, “but during the subsequent investigation the RCMP found the pickup truck was actually eastbound and the sedan was westbound with additional information that it was likely the westbound sedan crossed the centre line.”
ORIGINAL STORY:
A head-on highway collision in B.C.’s Southern Interior on Tuesday afternoon claimed the lives of both drivers.
B.C. RCMP say a westbound pickup truck and an eastbound sedan collided on the Trans-Canada Highway, seven kilometres east of Sicamous, shortly after 1 p.m.
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According to police, the 73-year-old male driver of the truck crossed the centre line and collided with the sedan.
Both drivers — the sole occupants of the vehicles — were dead when first responders arrived.
The pickup driver was from Sicamous, while the sedan driver was a 46-year-old female from Salmon Arm.
A tweet identified the male driver as Garth Bedard.
Police say road and weather conditions were not contributing factors, and the highway was closed for several hours during the investigation.
Anyone who has information about the collision, or possible dashcam footage, is asked to contact RCMP Traffic Services in Golden at 250-344-2221.
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