Photo: Contributed

Update – March 26

A man struck and killed by a CP train in B.C.'s southern interior has been identified as Gilles Robert Joseph Thivierge.

The 61-year-old Malakwa man died March 21 when he became stuck inside a crashed vehicle on the tracks.

He was a passenger in the rear seat of a car that left the road near the intersection of Malakwa and Huster Roads at about 9:45 p.m. The other three occupants of the vehicle were able to free themselves, but Thivierge was unable to clear himself of the tracks on time, said Barb McLintock of the BC Coroners Service.

He was deceased at the scene.

Original story – March 22

One person is dead and two others are injured after a collision involving a CP train in B.C.'s southern interior.

Eagle Valley Rescue Society Captain John Moore says the incident happened around 9:45 p.m. Saturday in Malakwa, east of Kamloops, B.C.

Moore says the three individuals had stopped their car on the tracks at a level crossing and were outside of the vehicle at the time.

He says the train struck the car as well as a 62-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Moore can't comment on the injuries of the two female patients but says they were transported to hospital.

It's unknown why the vehicle was parked there, and Moore says the car was destroyed and there was damage to the engine of the train.