A young Alberta man has been identified as the person who died in Wednesday's head-on collision east of Prince George.
Benjamin Patrick Brown, 21, of Edmonton was the man who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said Thursday morning.
Brown was behind the wheel of an westbound Ford Mustang convertible that drifted across the centreline on Highway 16 and collided with an eastbound Chevrolet pickup truck about 30 kilometres east of the city near Tabor Mountain.
Three other people - the passenger in the Mustang and the driver and passenger in the pickup truck - were transported to University Hospital of the North with varying injuries.
All three injured occupants are reported in good condition and two have been released from the hospital, RCMP regional traffic services Staff Sgt. Pat McTiernan said Thursday morning.
The collision occurred shortly before 8 a.m. and closed the stretch of highway for several hours before it was completely reopened by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
The car was on fire when when police and emergency services arrived.
A lack of available fire response meant police were forced to let the vehicle burn itself out, delaying the investigation and recovery, McTiernan said, and added the vehicle continued to smolder when tow trucks arrived hours after the crash.
McTiernan is also asking anyone who witnessed the collision to call the traffic services unit at 250-649-4004.
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