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Fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 3

Princeton

2024-06-26 16:20 PDT

File # 2024-950

On June 26, 2024 at 12:26 pm, Princeton RCMP and BC Highway Patrol were called to a single vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Princeton, where a vehicle with a single occupant had gone into the Similkameen River.

BC Ambulance and Princeton Road Rescue personnel attended along with police, and the driver was extracted from the vehicle. Tragically, the driver was pronounced deceased on the scene. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

Anyone with information related to this collision who has not yet spoken with police is asked to contact Princeton RCMP at 250-295-6911 and quote File # 2024-950.

Released by:

Cst. Patti Evans
Media Relations Officer
Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional Detachment
1168 Main St, Penticton, BC V2A 5E8
Office: 250-492-4300

Email: patti.evans@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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