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Ashcroft RCMP are at the scene of accident in which three people are confirmed dead.

Const. Mike Halskov said on Thursday, June 21, at approximately 11:05 a.m., police received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 99 north of Cache Creek.

“Multiple emergency services attended the scene and found that a commercial vehicle traveling south on Highway 97 collided with a passenger car traveling north on Highway 97, turning left (west) onto Highway 99,” said Halskov. “All three occupants in the passenger car were killed as a result of the collision.”

The area around the intersection will remain closed for an undetermined period of time as Central Interior Traffic Services, the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) and the BC Coroners Service investigate the collision.

Motorists are advised to monitor DriveBC for updates. 

No further information will be released at this time as the investigation continues.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact Central Interior Traffic Services in Ashcroft at 250-453-2216.