At 7:48 a.m., 100 Mile House RCMP received a report of a three-vehicle motor vehicle incident (MVI) at Highway 97 on the 103 Mile Hill on March 6.
Police, emergency services, BC Conservation and 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue attended the scene.
One of the vehicles involved – a small passenger car – was travelling southbound on the highway and failed to keep right due to blowing snow caused from a transport truck. The passenger car went into the oncoming north-bound lane where it was struck by north-bound pickup truck.
A second pickup truck travelling north also struck the passenger car. The car sustained significant damage, and as a result, the driver of the car was trapped inside and had to be extricated by 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue members.
The male occupant of the first pickup truck was the lone occupant and was not injured.
The male driver of the car was the lone occupant and sustained what are believed to be minor injuries. The male driver of the second pickup truck involved was also a lone occupant and suffered minor injuries.
Both of these injured males were transported to 100 Mile District General Hospital.
The driver of the passenger car was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for failing to keep right.
The MVI caused delays for traffic in both directions for approximately one hour. It was snowing heavily at the time of the collision and the roads were snow-covered and icy.
