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Fatal collision near Boston Bar

BOSTON BAR – One person is dead following a collision between a tractor-trailer loaded with lumber and a passenger vehicle near Boston Bar today.

Around 8 a.m., June 4, RCMP responded to a collision in the westbound lane on Highway 1 near Blue Lake Road, north of Boston Bar. Both vehicles were travelling in the same direction.

The passenger vehicle was driven by a 63-year-old woman who died from her injuries at the scene. The name of the woman is not being released, neither is the name and status of the woman’s passenger. The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured.

Highway 1 was closed for much of the day but fully re-opened around 4 p.m.

Drive B.C.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Dana Reynolds at dreynolds@infonews.ca or call 250-819-6089. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.
 

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Dana Reynolds

Dana Reynolds is originally from Saskatchewan, but previous to Kamloops lived in Toronto for five years. She is well educated, obtaining her Masters of Arts from York University and Certificate of Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College. Dana has a passion for travel, having worked and studied in three foreign countries. She is a political junkie, especially as pertains the Middle East as she wrote her thesis on Muslim immigration into Europe. Dana is very excited to be in Kamloops and embark on a career in journalism with Info News.

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