South Okanagan

The Lower Similkameen Indian Band is mourning the loss of one of its members this week.

Alison Jeanine Terbasket, 34, of Keremeos, the natural resource governance liaison for the band, died Saturday when the car she was driving slid off Highway 3 and flipped over in the Similkameen River, east of Princeton.

Terbasket’s two sisters Kathy Terbasket and Wendy Terbasket were injured in the crash, as was a cousin Tammy Peterson. 

The four family members were returning home from a vacation.

The BC Coroner's Service with the assistance of the South Okanagan Traffic Service are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.