One person was killed in a collision between a logging truck and two other vehicles on Highway 97 south of the city on Thursday morning, RCMP have confirmed.
Emergency personnel were called to the scene between Patterson Road East and Courval Road, 15 km south of the Boundary Road turnoff for the airport, shortly after 9 a.m. The stretch was reopened to single-lane alternating shortly before 7 p.m. and has since been completely reopened.
RCMP said a sport utility vehicle and a pickup truck collided with the logging truck, spilling its load onto the highway. Another person was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.
"At this time, police are in the early stages of a fatal collision investigation," RCMP said. "The cause is undetermined and nothing has been ruled out."
Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact RCMP traffic services in Quesnel at 250-992-9211.
