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CTV News
7 days ago
- CTV News
Driver dead after head-on collision on Highway 1 in Fraser Canyon
This badly damaged red Nissan Qashqai, on Highway #1 north of Boston Bar, was involved in a head-on collision. The driver of a red Ford Explorer did not survive. (Image credit: BC Highway Patrol) Police are appealing for witnesses and information as they investigate a fatal head-on crash on Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon. The B.C. Highway Patrol was called to the scene just north of Boston Bar around 4 p.m. Sunday, where a red Ford Explorer had crashed into a red Nissan Qashqai, according to a news release. A third vehicle, a black Nissan Pathfinder, was also damaged. 'A 62-year-old Lytton man, who was the driver and lone occupant of the red Ford Explorer, did not survive. A total of five people were involved in the collision, and everyone except the deceased driver appeared to have no injuries or minor injuries,' BCHP spokesperson Cpl. Michael McLaughlin wrote. Anyone who saw the vehicles involved in the lead-up to the crash and anyone with dash-cam video from the area at the time is urged to call 604-702-4039 and quote file number 2025-28918. Authorities also issued a plea to drivers to exercise caution on the roads, particularly on undivided highways. 'Keep your full attention on the road, stay sober, and keep your speed down. We want to avoid more of these tragedies,' McLaughlin wrote. According to media releases issued by police, at least six other people died in crashes this past weekend, including a three-year-old girl in Surrey and a 78-year-old woman in Vancouver. Fatalities were also reported by police in in North Vancouver, New Westminster, Penticton and Armstrong, where a hit-and-run claimed the lives of two people.
CTV News
7 days ago
- CTV News
Police seek witness to fatal hit-and-run on Highway 89
Police investigating a fatal hit-and-run on Highway 89 in Innisfil hope to identify a motorist driving a white SUV who may have witnessed the collision. Officers say a woman's body was found on the shoulder of the highway near 5th Side Road on Sunday. They believe she was struck sometime around 2 a.m. She has since been identified as a 35-year-old from Richmond Hill. Police think the woman was walking along the Highway when she was struck by a blue passenger vehicle traveling east. The driver took off. Police say the vehicle has since been located. Investigators have learned the white SUV was traveling closely behind the suspect vehicle at the time of the collision. "Police believe the driver may have witnessed the incident and are seeking to identify and speak with them regarding any information they may have," provincial police stated in a Tuesday release. Anyone with information, including dash camera footage, is encouraged to contact the Nottawasaga OPP at 1-888-310-1122, referencing incident number E250924642.
CTV News
14-07-2025
- CTV News
2 killed in hit-and-run near Armstrong, B.C., police seeking witnesses
B.C. RCMP vehicles are seen stopped beside Highway 97A in a handout image. Authorities are asking witnesses to come forward following a hit-and-run in B.C.'s North Okanagan that left two men dead over the weekend. The head-on collision happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Highway 97A near Armstrong, and involved two pickup trucks – a black GMC Sierra and a tan Chevrolet. Two of the passengers in the Chevrolet, identified as a 19-year-old from Vernon and a 20-year-old from Coldstream, were killed. After the crash, the Sierra driver and a passenger 'left the scene on foot without identifying themselves to witnesses or police,' B.C. Highway Patrol said in a news release Monday. Officers arrested a suspect driver later that day. Authorities have already spoken with some witnesses, but are hoping to speak to more as they work to understand 'exactly how the tragedy unfolded,' BCHP said. 'Witness reports say that a 2009 GMC Sierra with lifted suspension and a tidy tank in the bed was driving the wrong way on the divided highway prior to the fatal collision,' said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin, in a statement. 'There may be people who had a near-miss with the black GMC Sierra who have not yet spoken to police. We need to speak to those people, and dash-camera video would be very useful.' Authorities have not released the suspect driver's name, but said he is a 30-year-old Armstrong resident.
CBC
02-07-2025
- CBC
Head-on crash kills man, woman outside Brandon, Man., on Canada Day
A man and woman died on Canada Day after the vehicle they were in was struck along a highway outside of Brandon, RCMP say. Police responded to a head-on collision between two vehicles on Highway 10, about 1½ kilometres north of Road 224 N., around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, RCMP said in a news release on Wednesday. The two vehicles were in a ditch and one was overturned when police got there. Paramedics and firefighters were helping the occupants of the cars. Investigators believe one of the vehicles was headed south on Highway 10, near Road 224 N., when it veered over the centre line and crashed into a parked vehicle sitting on the eastern edge of the highway, causing it to roll into the ditch. A 42-year-old man and 31-year-old woman who were in the vehicle that rolled were both taken to hospital and later succumbed to their injuries, police say. The driver of the other vehicle, a 36-year-old Winnipeg man, and a 29-year-old passenger from Swan River were both taken to hospital with critical injuries.
CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
Good Samaritan has their car stolen after stopping to help accident victim on Hwy. 17
A passerby who stopped to help after seeing a crash on Highway 17 in northern Ontario had their vehicle stolen by the driver of the crashed vehicle. Proving the saying that no good deed goes unpunished, a passerby who stopped to help after seeing a crash on Highway 17 in northern Ontario had their vehicle stolen by the driver of the crashed vehicle. It later emerged that the southern Ontario driver was not only already on probation, they charged items using the victim's credit card that was in the stolen vehicle. The incident took place at 4 a.m. June 20 on Highway 17 in the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. 'The complainant reported that they came across a single vehicle rollover collision,' Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Wednesday. Southern Ontario suspect 'When the passerby stopped to offer their help, their vehicle was stolen by the driver involved in the collision. As a result of the investigation, police located the stolen vehicle at a parking lot in McKerrow and the driver was arrested.' The 23-year-old from Scarborough was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, illegal use of a credit card, possession of property obtained by crime more than $5,000, two counts of violating probation, failing to report an accident and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The accused appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice bail court on June 20 and remains in custody.
