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February 07, 2022 - 10:30 AM
An Alberta man has died following a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Field this past weekend.
B.C. Highway Patrol, Golden RCMP and emergency services attended a two-vehicle fatal collision on Highway 1, west of Field, Feb. 5, at roughly 9:25 a.m.
Police determined an eastbound cube delivery truck lost control on icy roads and entered the oncoming lane, colliding with a westbound pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck, a man in his 50s from Alberta, died at the scene, according to the RCMP's press release.
The passenger of the pickup truck, an Okanagan man in his 40s, was seriously injured and taken by STARS air ambulance to a hospital in Alberta. Neither of the two occupants of the cube delivery truck were injured in the collision.
Highway 1 through Yoho National Park was closed for several hours that day as the investigation was ongoing. B.C. Highway Patrol in Golden is conducting the collision investigation with assistance from the B.C. Coroners’ Service.
Anyone with information about this fatal crash, including any dashboard camera video, is asked to contact B.C. Highway Patrol in Golden at 250-344-2221.
The RCMP is not releasing further information on the incident.
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