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Single Vehicle Crash Claims A Life On Highway 97 Near Maze Lake Road

Williams Lake RCMP was called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash just after 3 on Friday afternoon.

Corporal Madonna Saunderson said the crash happened on Highway 97 near Maze Lake Road in Lac La Hache and when Police arrived on the scene they discovered a red Camaro in the ditch on its roof and the driver a few metres from the car.

“The driver, a 62-year-old Williams Lake man, had been ejected from the vehicle and was deceased at the scene,” Saunderson said.

BC Coroners Service is conducting an investigation into the cause of death and no further information will be released at this time.

 

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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