Location of fatal crash on Highway 97C Dana Reynolds

Crash on Okanagan Connector leaves one person dead

MERRITT – A car crash on the Okanagan Connector today has left one person dead and closed the route in both directions.

Merritt Fire Rescue Capt. Sky McKeown says a tractor trailor collided with a passenger vehicle, Nov. 16., closing Highway 97C, about 10 kilometres east of Merritt.

There is no estimate from Drive B.C. on when it will reopen.

A detour is available to westbound traffic via Highway 5A north to Princeton, or eastbound on Highway 5.

B.C. Ambulance spokesperson Fatima Siddiqui says one person was killed in the crash.

No other details have been released.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Dana Reynolds at dreynolds@infonews.ca or call 250-819-6089. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 3:49 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 to add information from Merritt Fire Rescue.

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Dana Reynolds

Dana Reynolds is originally from Saskatchewan, but previous to Kamloops lived in Toronto for five years. She is well educated, obtaining her Masters of Arts from York University and Certificate of Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College. Dana has a passion for travel, having worked and studied in three foreign countries. She is a political junkie, especially as pertains the Middle East as she wrote her thesis on Muslim immigration into Europe. Dana is very excited to be in Kamloops and embark on a career in journalism with Info News.

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