A fatal crash took place south of Vernon on Highway 97, March 31, 2013.
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April 03, 2014 - 1:34 PM
VERNON - Charges have been laid against a 22-year-old who was at the wheel during a crash on Highway 97 south of Vernon on Easter Sunday, 2013.
Brandon McGregor of Spallumcheen is charged with dangerous driving causing death.
Police say the accident happened at about 1:45 p.m. March 31 just north of the Baily Road turnoff. The northbound Chevy pickup truck McGregor was driving crossed the centre line, crashing head-on with a southbound Volvo station wagon.
The passenger in the truck, 19-year-old Eric Robertson of Armstrong and both occupants of the station wagon, 70-year-old Allan Allport and his wife, 67-year-old Fay Allport of Salmon Arm were killed.
Eric David Robertson was the 19-year-old passenger in the pickup truck. He died of his injuries at the scene.
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