The body of a woman has been recovered after a recent landslide along Highway 99 near Lilloet.
RCMP confirmed the case in a Nov. 16 release. The landslide occurred the day before, and RCMP say the discovery of the body was made by Pemberton and Lillooet Search and Rescue personnel the same evening.
The woman is said to have been from the Lower Mainland.
It is the first death confirmed by the RCMP after a string of historic landslides have wiped out many important routes throughout BC. Hundreds of people had to be rescued from the highway systems, leaving their vehicles behind, by air.
BC Coroners Service and the RCMP have notified the woman’s family about the death, and both are working to conduct their own investigations.
Efforts late in the evening to find more missing persons was paused due to safety concerns, however search and rescue efforts have continued throughout the day on Nov. 16.
The total number of people and vehicles unaccounted for has not been confirmed, however investigators have received two missing people reports and believe there may have been other occupied vehicles that were lost in the slide,” said S/Sgt. Janelle Shoihet.
We are asking anyone who was a witness to the event, or believes their loved one is missing and has not yet been able to make contact with them to contact the Pemberton or Lillooet RCMP Detachments.
