The driver of a pickup truck involved in a collision with a semi in Quesnel over the weekend suffered life threatening injuries.
RCMP Sergeant Clay Kronebusch says the accident, at around 1-14 on Saturday (June 28) afternoon.
He says “RCMP received a report of a collision on Highway 97 at the intersection of Highway 26. A pickup truck pulling onto Highway 97 from Highway 26 collided with a tractor trailer that was travelling north on Highway 97.”
Kronebusch says the highway was closed for approximately three hours while police conduct an investigation.
He says the driver of the semi truck was not injured in the crash.
–Files by George Henderson, My Cariboo Now
Original Story, published June 28th:
A two-vehicle accident has closed Highway 97 in both directions at the Barkerville Highway junction.
A pickup truck traveling on Barkerville Highway collided with a semi-truck traveling northbound’s trailer on Highway 97.
Police, Fire Department, and Emergency Health Services were called to the scene at 1:15 p.m.
One person was taken to the hospital with undetermined injuries at this time.
Police closed both north and southbound lanes.
People traveling north to Barkerville can be detoured through Shemenaur Road.
Southbound traffic is being detoured through Bjornson and Ten Mile Lake Road, to connect with the Quesnel-Hixon Road to get into town.
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