Kamloops Collisions

UPDATE: Five-vehicle collision on Highway 5 in Kamloops sends four to hospital

KAMLOOPS - A crash on the highway between Sun Rivers and Mount Paul Way sent four to hospital earlier today and traffic on Highway 5 is still reduced to a single lane in each direction. Officers investigated a five-vehicle crash that occurred at 9 a.m. this morning, Dec. 29. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for Kamloops...

One person in hospital following Trans-Canada crash in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a crash on Highway 1 in Valleyview this morning. Around 6 a.m. today, Dec. 23, a westbound vehicle collided with a power pole on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oriole Road. The vehicle then came back onto the roadway and was struck by another...

UPDATE: Multiple crashes on Highway 1 in Kamloops now clear

KAMLOOPS - Drivers were being warned to stay off Highway 1 heading eastbound through Kamloops after a number of collisions have caused a traffic backup this morning. Const. Jason Epp said emergency personnel responded to a multi-vehicle pile up in the eastbound lanes at the Columbia Street exit this morning, Sept. 25, and the traffic...

Woman suffers extensive facial injuries following Kamloops crash

KAMLOOPS - A crash on Highway 5 near Sun Rivers this morning was caused by a large garbage container blowing around on the highway. A woman was driving northbound on the highway around 10 a.m. today, Sept. 1, when a large green plastic garbage container blew into her path. She took evasive action and lost...

Kamloops Rural RCMP deal with two separate vehicle crashes

CHERRY CREEK — Two people were sent to hospital after a collision on Highway 1 and Rodeo Drive near Cherry Creek today, August 26. Aird says three cars travelling in the fast lane were involved in the collision. The first, a blue Honda signalled to turn left. The second car in the chain made a...

Coroners service names man killed in collision with tour bus

CHASE - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a young man killed in a vehicle collision with a bus on Friday, July 31. He was Sascha Dieter Hedrich, 19, of Pritchard. Hedrich was the driver of a vehicle travelling west just outside of Chase Friday. He struck a tour bus around 4 p.m....

Kamloops crash blamed on alcohol

KAMLOOPS - A crash on Highway 1 in Valleyview just before 11 p.m. Wednesday is being blamed on alcohol. Cpl. Kelly Butler says RCMP were called to a collision between a semi-trailer and a pickup truck around 10:50 p.m., June 24, near Highway 1 and Oriole Road. The semi was turning west onto the highway...

Driver killed in highway rollover west of Kamloops identified

KAMLOOPS - The man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cherry Creek west of Kamloops this weekend has been identified. The lone occupant of the vehicle was Jerrylee Lyle Terry, 33, of Lillooet, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. The pickup truck flipped on its roof after it left the highway and collided with a rock...

UPDATE: Crashes on Coquihalla just outside of Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel are on scene after two separate vehicle incidents around 3:30 p.m., both near Inks Lake on the Coquihalla Highway just outside of Kamloops.  A driver says she witnessed a vehicle flip and roll around four times approximately 13 kilometres outside of Kamloops.  "The wind was so bad. Everyone was driving 120...