Close X
Wednesday, November 20, 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

Ontario police release video to help find potential witnesses in 2010 murder

Ontario police release video to help find potential witnesses in 2010 murder
Ontario Provincial Police have released a video to try to identify two people they say could be witnesses in the unsolved murder of a central Ontario woman.

Ontario police release video to help find potential witnesses in 2010 murder

Freight train derails in southern Saskatchewan; CPR says plow winds were cause

Freight train derails in southern Saskatchewan; CPR says plow winds were cause
Canadian Pacific Railway says strong plow winds caused the derailment of a train in southern Saskatchewan on Thursday night.

Freight train derails in southern Saskatchewan; CPR says plow winds were cause

Canadian relief supplies going to Iraq, RCAF flies in donated weaponry

Canadian relief supplies going to Iraq, RCAF flies in donated weaponry
Canada is sending relief supplies to Iraq from a newly established warehouse in Dubai.

Canadian relief supplies going to Iraq, RCAF flies in donated weaponry

Scientists at Canada's National Lab created, tested the anti-Ebola drug ZMapp

Scientists at Canada's National Lab created, tested the anti-Ebola drug ZMapp
The experimental Ebola drug ZMapp was able to save monkeys even when treatment was started five days after the animals were infected, when some were suffering from advanced disease, a new study shows.

Scientists at Canada's National Lab created, tested the anti-Ebola drug ZMapp

Privacy commissioner rules Medicentres failed to protect info on stolen laptop

Privacy commissioner rules Medicentres failed to protect info on stolen laptop
Alberta's privacy commissioner says a chain of medical clinics failed to protect patients' health information on a laptop that was stolen — and took too long to publicly report the theft.

Privacy commissioner rules Medicentres failed to protect info on stolen laptop

Royal Canadian Mint unveils new limited-edition Superman coin collection

Royal Canadian Mint unveils new limited-edition Superman coin collection
The Royal Canadian Mint on Friday unveiled four limited-edition Superman coins, reproducing colourful iconic images from DC Comics' book covers.

Royal Canadian Mint unveils new limited-edition Superman coin collection