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10 People Are Dead In Less Than 24 Hours In Road Accidents Across B.C.

The Canadian Press Darpan, 05 Sep, 2014 10:45 AM

VANCOUVER - Ten people have died in road accidents across British Columbia in less than 24 hours.

Five people died in two separate crashes near Fort St. John, in northeastern B.C., Thursday afternoon.

RCMP Cpl. Jodie Shelkie says when police arrived at a two- vehicle crash on the Alaska Highway, the drivers and both passengers in each of the vehicles were dead.

An hour later, a 29-year-old man from Fort St. John was killed in a crash near the community.

RCMP in Langley, east of Vancouver, say a male driver was killed Friday morning when he was thrown from his vehicle during a rollover and police are also investigating the death of an 83-year-old man in a pedestrian accident.

On Thursday morning, three people died in a head-on crash in foggy conditions on Highway 97 near Quesnel.

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