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Youths among 3 dead in crash between Terrace and Kitimat: RCMP

A collision on Highway 37 between Kitimat and Terrace on Friday left three people dead. Google Maps

A serious crash in northern British Columbia on Friday left three people dead, two of them youths, according to Kitimat RCMP.

Mounties said the collision happened around 9:15 a.m. on Highway 37, near Onion Lake between Terrace and Kitimat.

“Initial investigation indicated that a passenger vehicle headed northbound toward Terrace crossed the center line and struck a southbound commercial vehicle,” RCMP said in a media release.

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The three people in the passenger vehicle died at the scene, police said.

The road was closed for several hours while a collision reconstruction team investigated. The crash remains under investigation by Kitimat RCMP and the BC Coroners Service.

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