One person is dead following a crash on the Coquihalla Highway this morning (May 30).
Emergency crews attended the scene of the two-vehicle collision at about 10:18 a.m. about four kilometres south of Merritt.
A small car with one occupant travelling southbound up the hill out of Merritt on the highway crashed into the rear of a broken down commercial vehicle that was pulling a flat deck trailer, RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears with Central Interior Traffic Services said via press release.
Pears said the commercial vehicle was pulled off on the right shoulder of the roadway with emergency triangles placed to the rear.
The driver of the small car was pronounced deceased at the scene, but the occupant of the commercial vehicle was not injured.
Central Interior Traffic Services members, a collision re-constructionist and the BC Coroners Service continue to investigate the cause of this collision.
Weather and road conditions were good at the time of the collision.
RCMP were not able to confirm why this crash occurred as of the Herald’s press deadline on Monday afternoon. Pears said it is early in the investigation.
The identity of the deceased has not been released.
A lane closure was in effect for southbound traffic as emergency crews attended the scene.
