RCMP North Okanagan Traffic Services, working with family members of the accident victims, are able to release the names of the three people who died in a head-on crash on Highway 97 south of Vernon Sunday afternoon.
Eric David Robertson, 19, of Armstrong, was a passenger in a Chevrolet pickup that police report crossed the centre line shortly before 2 p.m. and collided head-on with a Volvo station wagon. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The occupants of the station wagon, Allan Arthur Allport, 70, and his wife, Fay Dorothy Allport, 67, of Salmon Arm, also died. Allan was the driver and died at the scene. Fay was a passenger who died in Kelowna General Hospital.
The driver of the pickup, a 21-year-old Spallumcheen man remains in hospital in stable condition. His name will not be released.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.
Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash and have not yet spoken with investigators to please call the North Okanagan Traffic Services at 250-545-7171.
