
Residents frustrated with highway safety after fatal crashes near Kamloops, B.C.
Global News
Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, who has spoken about highway safety issues many times in the past, is once again ringing the alarm bell.
Residents and a mayor in the Kamloops, B.C., area are speaking out following a pair of fatal crashes Thursday on Highway 5.
One crash, just north of Kamloops, claimed the life of one person. The other, just south of Barriere, left three dead.
Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, who has spoken about highway safety issues many times in the past, is once again ringing the alarm bell.
“(I want to see) an increase in enforcement right now, and an increase in maintenance on the highways,” Blackwell said.
“I want to see more resources used on our highways.”
The collision near Barriere happened around 10 kilometres south of town, near Oliver Creek Forest Service Road. It involved two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Ford Sprinter van.
Police say the driver of the southbound Toyota tried passing a semi-trailer truck and collided with the oncoming Ford van just before 7 a.m.
“The driver and two passengers of the Toyota Corolla were found deceased,” Barriere RCMP said, “while the driver of the Ford Sprinter van was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.”