B.C. mudslide was fatal, RCMP says, confirming body of woman recovered
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A mudslide on a B.C. highway that left motorists stranded also resulted in at least one death, officials say.
A mudslide on a B.C. highway that left motorists stranded also resulted in at least one death, officials say.
The BC RCMP said in a statement Tuesday that a woman's body was recovered from the scene of the slide on Highway 99 between Pemberton and Lillooet.
In a statement, RCMP spokesperson Staff-Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the body was found Monday by members of Pemberton and Lillooet Search and Rescue.
The SAR crew was taken to the area by helicopter, and managed to extricate the woman's body. Her next of kin have been notified, police said, but she has not been publicly identified.
The RCMP said only that the woman lived in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.
Crews are back at the scene Tuesday, searching for signs of people who may have been trapped in the mudslide.
Mounties said at least two people have been reported missing, and there may have been other occupied vehicles that were lost in the slide about nine kilometres north of Pemberton.
