There was a fatal accident north of Quesnel early this morning.
Corporal Mike Halskov, Media Relations with the RCMP’s E-Division, says it happened at around 5-45 on Highway 97 just south of Hush Lake and about 20 kilometers north of Quesnel.
He says a preliminary investigation indicates that a small Mazda sedan with two occupants went into the ditch and that a female passenger was ejected and subsequently succumbed to her injuries.
Halskov says the male driver has been taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of the accident is remains under investigation.
Highway 97 has been re-opened and is now down to single lane alternating traffic.
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