Police seek witnesses after fatal hit and run near Armstrong, B.C.
The crash between a black GMC Sierra and a tan Chevrolet pickup truck occurred at 1:30 a.m. north of Kelowna in B.C.'s Okanagan, according to police.
Police say the black GMC Sierra had two occupants, and the tan Chevrolet pickup was carrying four people.
Two of the passengers in the tan Chevrolet did not survive the crash: a 19-year-old Vernon man and a 20-year-old Coldstream man.
"Witnesses report the 2009 GMC Sierra with lifted suspension and a tidy tank, a type of liquid transfer tank, in the bed was driving the wrong way on the divided highway prior to the fatal collision," according to Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with B.C. Highway Patrol.
"There may be people who had a near miss with the black GMC Sierra who have not yet spoken to police," he added. "We need to speak to those people, and dash-camera video would be very useful."
The driver and passenger in the black GMC Sierra fled the scene on foot after the crash, without identifying themselves to authorities or witnesses, according to police.
The suspected driver of the black GMC Sierra, a 30-year-old man, was arrested later that same day.
The B.C. Highway Patrol is asking anyone who witnessed the minutes leading up to the crash, or anyone with dash-camera video, to contact them at 250-828-3184 and quote file 2025-2243.
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