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Fatal crash claims life of 66-year-old local man

Police continue to investigate a single vehicle crash Sunday evening near Springfield Road
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A single vehicle crash near Springfield Road has claimed the life of a 66 year old Williams Lake man.

A single vehicle crash Sunday evening claimed the life of 66-year-old man from the Williams Lake area.

Cpl. Madonna Saunderson of North District RCMP said police were called to the 4,000 block of Springfield Road north of Williams Lake to a single vehicle crash at around 6:26 p.m. Sunday, April 22.

“On scene, police were told a Chevrolet pickup had gone over the embankment and that the driver had been ejected from the truck,” Saunderson said in a press release, noting police hiked down to the vehicle and discovered that the driver was deceased.

Central Cariboo Search and Rescue and South Cariboo Search and Rescue attended after receiving notification through their dispatch, said CCSAR chief Rick White.

“We used a rope set-up and had to go down more than 300 feet,” White said of the recovery operation, noting nine members from CCSAR and 10 members from SCSAR responded.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing, and Saunderson said although the causal factors have yet to be determined, police do not believe alcohol or speed were involved.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the RCMP at 250-392-6211.

The name of the victim has not been released.



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