A 29-year-old woman died in a collision on the Coquihalla Highway this weekend after a tractor trailer collided with an SUV near the Larson Hill exit.

A 28-year-old male was rushed by air ambulance to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, while two other males were taken by ambulance to Nicola Valley Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. All were inside the SUV when it was hit from behind by a semi-truck, said RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

The crash occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Feb. 3 in the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway, about 35 kilometres south of Merritt. The SUV was stopped in the right lane when it was hit from behind from the tractor trailer said Dunsmore.

Both the 29-year-old woman and the 28-year-old man were in the backseat of the car when the crash occurred, she added.

Central Interior Traffic Services are investigating the collision, and are looking for anyone who may have observed the crash to contact police at 250-378-4262.

Crash sends man through front window of tour bus

A man is recovering from non-life threatening injuries after being thrown through the front window of a tour bus which came to a sudden stop on the Coquihalla Highway on Sunday morning.

Around 10:00 a.m. on Feb. 4, a tour bus carrying 37 passengers lost control and entered the median. The vehicle was carrying a group of Korean students and adult chaperones who were heading towards Banff for a ski vacation, according to a press release from the Merritt RCMP.

“None of the students or chaperones were injured in the accident,” stated the press release. “The person ejected is believed to have been their tour guide.”

The injured person was taken to Nicola Valley Hospital to be treated for a suspected broken leg and other non-life threatening injuries, the release went on to state.

A second bus retrieved the stranded passengers near Mine Creek, while the northbound lanes of the highway reopened at about 1 p.m. on Feb. 4.

“The cause of the accident is still unknown at this time and is still under investigation by the RCMP in Merritt,” stated the RCMP press release.