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1 dead, 6 treated in hospital: Sicamous RCMP release drone images of Trans-Canada crash site

One person was killed and six people were transported to hospital after a crash on Highway 1 on Saturday evening. RCMP released this drone image of the scene. Sicamous RCMP

The Sicamous RCMP has released drone images that show the scale of a multi-vehicle collision that killed one person on the Trans-Canada Highway on Saturday evening.

Police said the man was found dead “pinned between the unit he was driving and the trailer of a unit that came to rest in front of his.”

Six people were taken to hospital in the wake of the crash which involved multiple tractor-trailers as well as other vehicles.

Image from an RCMP drone of the site of a fatal multi-vehicle collision. Sicamous RCMP

RCMP said the chain-reaction collision occurred around 6 p.m. on Highway 1 between Sicamous and Salmon Arm, when “an eastbound flat deck tractor-trailer unit jack-knifed and completely blocked all three lanes of the highway.”

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The highway was closed for more than 24 hours, till Sunday evening, as officials investigated and cleared the debris.

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Police are appealing for anyone with dashcam footage of the crash to contact Sicamous RCMP.

 

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