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    Three dead in highway crash near Kamloops, B.C.

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Jun, 2022 02:26 PM
    • Three dead in highway crash near Kamloops, B.C.

    KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Two adults and a baby have been killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on Highway 5 north of Kamloops, B.C.

    B.C. Highway Patrol says officers were called to the crash on Thursday.

    The cause is unknown and RCMP have released no other details.

    Highway 5 remains closed in both directions and drivers have been told to expect long delays.

    This is the second fatal crash on the highway in as many days.

    Police say a passenger in a pickup was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision with a semi-truck south of Little Fort in B.C.'s southern Interior.

    (CHNL)

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