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April 29, 2019 - 3:59 PM
KAMLOOPS — The driver of a cement truck has died after his vehicle rolled down an embankment near Sun Peaks this morning.
Kamloops RCMP responded to a single vehicle collision today, April 29, at around 8:40 a.m., approximately two kilometres east of Heffley Lake, according to a media release.
“The cement truck was travelling towards Sun Peaks when the collision happened,” Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in the release.
The collision took place on Heffley Louis Creek Road.
Firefighters from Kamloops and Sun Peaks attended to assist with extracting the driver from the truck. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the male driver was from the Kamloops area and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
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