Yellowhead Highway Crash

UPDATE: Five-vehicle collision on Highway 5 in Kamloops sends four to hospital

KAMLOOPS - A crash on the highway between Sun Rivers and Mount Paul Way sent four to hospital earlier today and traffic on Highway 5 is still reduced to a single lane in each direction. Officers investigated a five-vehicle crash that occurred at 9 a.m. this morning, Dec. 29. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for Kamloops...

Yellowhead Highway crash claims a life, three others in serious condition

KAMLOOPS - One person is dead and three other passengers are in serious condition after a car crash south of McLure yesterday, July 28. Const. Paul Koester, with the Kamloops traffic services division, confirmed the fatal two-vehicle crash, which closed at least part of the Yellowhead Highway for about four hours Tuesday. Koester says a Volkswagen Jetta...

Vehicle incident closes Yellowhead Highway south of McLure

KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews are responding to a two vehicle collision between McLure and Vinsulla, about 27 kilometres south of Barriere, this afternoon. As of 3:32 p.m. July 28, Drive B.C. confirmed the crash has closed the Yellowhead Highway in both directions. An assessment of the incident is currently taking place while police are on...

Clearwater motorcycle crash victim named

CLEARWATER - The man who died after a motorcycle incident near Clearwater on July 17 has been named. The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed Joseph Albert Rene Laurent (Larry) Lamarche, aged 70, of Kamloops died after colliding with a pickup truck south of Clearwater last week. Lamarche was heading northbound on Highway 5 at roughly...

Petition calls for improvements on stretch of highway where Clearwater couple died

CLEARWATER - Following multiple crashes along a portion of the Yellowhead Highway, including two that resulted in people having to be airlifted to Royal Inland Hospital last week, locals are asking for more safety measures to be implemented along the highway. Three days ago, Hettie Buck created an online petition to call on the Ministry...

Driver ticketed for causing highway crash

KAMLOOPS - A woman who turned left into oncoming traffic and caused a crash on the Yellowhead Highway Thursday afternoon has been ticketed. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the 42-year-old woman was ticketed for driving without due care after causing the crash at the intersection of Highway 5 and Paul...