By Ethan Ready

Highway Fatality

Elderly woman dead following collision with semi north of Williams Lake

Nov 18, 2019 | 10:14 AM

WILLIAMS LAKE — A motorist is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 over the weekend.

On Saturday, November 16th at approximately 9:10 a.m., Williams Lake RCMP, Traffic Services and emergency services responded to the incident at Beaver Lake Road, about 40 kilometres north of Williams Lake.

Upon arrival, it was determined that a southbound sedan driven by an elderly woman turned left across the path of a northbound semi-truck. The woman died as a result of the crash. Road conditions and visibility were good at the time. The semi-truck driver was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation. Speed and impairment have been ruled out as contributing factors.

Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Traffic Services (CCRTS), the BC Coroners’ Service, RCMP Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service and Commercial Vehicle and Safety Enforcement officers are continuing with the investigation.

The highway remained open to single lane alternating traffic during the investigation and has since fully reopened.

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