UPDATE: Canim-Hendrix Road has been reopened to single lane alternating traffic following Saturday morning’s fatal MVI.
The road will fully reopen once the vehicles involved have been fully removed 100 Mile House RCMP Staff Sgt. Svend Nielsen said. Nielsen added that the investigation into the accident, which claimed the life of one motorist, remains ongoing.
“100 Mile RCMP requests that anyone with dash cameras please look at their footage if they were travelling between Exeter Station Road and Forest Grove in our area between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. along Hwy 97 and Canim Hendrix Lake Road,” Nielsen said.
Anyone who can provide dashcam footage is asked to contact RCMP at 250-395-2456 or 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
ORIGINAL STORY: One person is dead following an early morning two-vehicle crash on Canim-Hendrix Road.
100 Mile House RCMP Staff Sgt. Svend Nielsen said police were notified by BC Ambulance and 100 Mile Fire Rescue of the crash at 6:54 a.m., which occurred in the Gateway area near Kennedy Road. One of the vehicles involved was a loaded semi-truck hauling a flat deck trailer.
“Unfortunately, RCMP can confirm there is one fatality involved in this event,” Nielsen said. “RCMP are currently in the process of advising the next of kin.”
Nielsen said the road will remain closed until a traffic collision analyst arrives to assess the scene. While Dawson Road Maintenance is on the scene to help redirect traffic there is no viable detour available at this time.
patrick.davies@100milefreepress.net
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