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The BC Coroners Service confirms that it was 14-year-old Rodney Michael Boring, of Vernon.

BC Coroner Larry Marzinzik says that Rodney was found deceased at the scene of the collision.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate this death.

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 10:14 a.m. May 5, Update: A 14-year-old Vernon boy is dead after the vehicle he was in struck a pickup truck on Sunday afternoon.

 
On May 4 at 3:50 p.m. the Lake Country RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 near Crystal Waters Road.

 

Apparently, a black Dodge pickup was travelling southbound, in the outside lane, when it was struck, head on, by a northbound white Pontiac Sunfire.

 

According to witnesses, the Pontiac was moving with the flow of traffic when it suddenly swerved left across oncoming lanes and impacted the Dodge pickup. The force of the collision caused the truck to overturn onto its roof while the Pontiac was sent into the ditch on the southbound side of the highway.
 
Tragically, the passenger of the Pontiac, a 14-year-old Vernon boy, sustained fatal injuries and was found to be deceased at the scene. The driver, a 17-year-old Vernon boy, suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries and was air-lifted to the Kelowna General Hospital.
 
The passenger of the pickup truck, a 25-year-old woman from Lumby, also suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The driver, a 26-year-old Lumby man, was relatively unscathed.
 
The initial investigation suggests that neither speed nor alcohol are factors in the crash.
 
The investigation is ongoing.
 
Anyone with any information who has yet to speak with police is asked to contact the Central Okanagan Traffic Services, Cst. Danilowich, at 250-980-5353. Remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477,  leave a tip online or by texting your tip to CRIMES (274637) known.