Close X
Friday, September 27, 2024
ADVT 
National

Two dead, vehicles engulfed in flames in B.C. Central Interior crash

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Dec, 2014 06:19 PM
  • Two dead, vehicles engulfed in flames in B.C. Central Interior crash

ASHCROFT, B.C. — Kamloops, B.C., Mounties say two people have been killed in a fiery head-on crash in the Central Interior.

Police say a pickup with two passengers inside veered into the wrong lane and collided with a tractor trailer, causing both vehicles to erupt in flames.

RCMP say attempts to get the people out of the pickup were unsuccessful, and both died.

The driver of the tractor trailer was taken to hospital in Kamloops with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers say the roads were bare and dry during the crash and it is unknown why the pickup went into the other vehicle's path, but a witness told police it was having difficulty staying in its lane.

RCMP, paramedics and fire crews all attended the scene in Ashcroft Tuesday evening, and the BC Coroners Service and police are both investigating.

MORE National ARTICLES

Air Canada doesn't have to pay Ontario couple over language spats

Air Canada doesn't have to pay Ontario couple over language spats
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has ruled that Air Canada does not have to compensate an Ontario couple who said they were not served in French on international flights.

Air Canada doesn't have to pay Ontario couple over language spats

Nude photos should be returned to Manitoba judge: lawyer

Nude photos should be returned to Manitoba judge: lawyer
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for a senior Manitoba justice who faces removal because of nude photographs posted on the Internet says a disciplinary panel of judges should not view the intimate photos.

Nude photos should be returned to Manitoba judge: lawyer

Today on the Hill: Harper in Hamilton to remember Cirillo, John Kerry visits

Today on the Hill: Harper in Hamilton to remember Cirillo, John Kerry visits
OTTAWA - Political Ottawa's attention turns away from the capital today for a sombre reflection on the life of a soldier killed last week while standing guard at Canada's National War Memorial.

Today on the Hill: Harper in Hamilton to remember Cirillo, John Kerry visits

Ottawa carefully monitoring impact of low oil prices ahead of fall fiscal update

Ottawa carefully monitoring impact of low oil prices ahead of fall fiscal update
OTTAWA - The federal government says it's closely monitoring the impact of slipping oil prices on public finances as it prepares to release its fall economic update.

Ottawa carefully monitoring impact of low oil prices ahead of fall fiscal update

Rob Ford vows comeback as brother loses mayoral race to businessman John Tory

Rob Ford vows comeback as brother loses mayoral race to businessman John Tory
TORONTO - A weakened but still defiant Rob Ford conceded little Monday even though his Hail Mary attempt to pass the Toronto mayoral torch to his older brother, Doug Ford, was easily shut down by businessman and former provincial politician John Tory.

Rob Ford vows comeback as brother loses mayoral race to businessman John Tory

Premier Jim Prentice wins seat as his Progressive Conservatives sweep four byelections

Premier Jim Prentice wins seat as his Progressive Conservatives sweep four byelections
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jim Prentice won a seat in the legislature Monday as his Progressive Conservatives defeated all comers in four byelection races.

Premier Jim Prentice wins seat as his Progressive Conservatives sweep four byelections