Midnight head-on crash leaves Chase man dead

KELOWNA – RCMP are looking for the cause of the head-on crash near Pritchard which claimed the life of a Chase man.

The crash happened on the Trans-Canada about two kilometres west of Pritchard just after midnight on July 17.

A pick-up truck being driven eastbound by John Findlay Linklater, 58, was involved in a crash with a semi, according to a media release from the B.C. Coroners Service.

Linklater was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both the RCMP and the Coroners Service are investigating.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Glynn Brothen at gbrothen@infotelnews.ca or call 250-319-7494. To contact the editor, email mjones@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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