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Coroner IDs two youth who died in car accident near McLeod Lake

The two youth who died in the motor vehicle collision near McLeod Lake on April 3 were Leslie David Avery Jr., 17, and Ian Daryl Potvin, 16, both of Mackenzie.
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The two youth who died in the motor vehicle collision near McLeod Lake on April 3 were Leslie David Avery Jr., 17, and Ian Daryl Potvin, 16, both of Mackenzie.

Avery was the driver, Potvin a passenger in a car heading northbound on Highway 97 at 6:45 a.m. on April 3.

About 200 metres north of Tudyah Lake Provincial Park the car collided with a southbound truck hauling a flatbed trailer.

Both youths were deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP traffic services continue to investigate these deaths.