Two-vehicle collision turns fatal after woman in seventies confirmed dead

PRINCE GEORGE – On Wednesday, August 11 at approximately 1:40 PM, Prince George RCMP, BC Highway Patrol and Emergency Services responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 near Old Summit Lake Road north of Prince George.

Upon arrival, it was determined that a southbound loaded logging truck collided with a southbound SUV with two occupants, both from Vancouver Island. As a result, the driver of the SUV, a woman in her seventies, died in the collision. The passenger, a man in his thirties, was taken to hospital in critical condition. The driver of the logging truck, a man in his forties, was not injured.

Highway 97 was closed in both directions for a number of hours as police gathered evidence and made the highway safe for travel. The cause of the collision is not known at this time.