Several accidents mar summer weekend

Serious head on accident on Highway 97 near Kaleden add to two fatalities on B.C. interior highways this weekend.

This Dodge Caravan collided head on with a Toyota Echo on Highway 97 south of Kaleden junction on Sunday night. Three were transported to hospital.

This Dodge Caravan collided head on with a Toyota Echo on Highway 97 south of Kaleden junction on Sunday night. Three were transported to hospital.

It was a deadly weekend on B.C. roads as two serious accidents in the interior of the province left  two dead.

The accidents occurred near Clinton and Spences  Bridge in the early afternoon.

Locally, Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department personnel, RCMP and B.C. Ambulance attended the scene of a two vehicle head on on Highway 97 just south of Kaleden’s Lakehill Road intersection late Sunday evening.

A northbound vehicle crossed the centreline and struck a southbound vehicle head on at approximately 10:15 p.m.

Three people were transported to hospital with undetermined injuries.

Emergency personnel were on scene for several hours, providing traffic control and performing accident analysis.

The two vehicles involved included a Dodge Caravan with Alberta plates and and a B.C. registered Toyota Echo.

 

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