An impaired tractor-trailer driver has been charged following a fatal collision on Highway 97 north of Quesnel last year.
BC Highway Patrol investigated a crash that occurred on July 24, 2025, near Naver Creek Road, where a black Kenworth tractor-trailer collided with a Harley Davidson motorbike. Police say the rider of the Harley, a 42-year-old Chemainus man, was killed in the collision.
Arminder Singh Sran, from Aldergrove, has been named as the driver of the tractor-trailer and has been charged by the BC Highway Patrol and the Crown Prosecution Service with three counts of motor vehicle violations, including:
- Dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death.
- Impaired operation of a conveyance causing death.
- Operation of a conveyance with a blood alcohol content over 80 mg/mL causing death.
Crown Prosecution approved the charges on July 21, 2026.
Sran has been served a Summons to appear in court in Quesnel on August 18.
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