Another Fatal Crash on Highway 97
Prince George, B.C. – There has been another fatal crash on Highway 97, This time, the collision occurred 17.5 kms north of 100 Mile House near Spring Lake Road. The Highway is down to single lane alternating traffic. According to police, this was a single vehicle roll over.. There were several people in the pick up truck which was northbound when it crashed.. One adult male was pronounced dead on scene. Alcohol is not being considered a factor in the collision. The investigation into the cause of this collision is ongoing.
This is the fourth fatality on Interior roads this week, three of which took place on Highway 97.
One man died on a logging road near Vanderhoof last Wednesday when his mini van collided with a logging truck on Bearhead Road. A crash near 100 Mile House on the same day near 100 Mile House claimed a life when a Mini was struck by an SUV on Highway 97. Yesterday, 45 kms south of Quesnel, a life was lost in a collision involving a pick up truck and small car on Highway 97.
Once again, Police advise that drivers reduce speed and drive to conditions.
Comments
The highways are slippery, any excess speed or dumb manouvres are likely to result in a loss of control. The last couple of days I have noticed more people staying at or below the posted limit on the highways, but there are always the over confidant ones who drive well over the posted limit, obviously because they have superior skills and a lucky force field around them.
Drive to the conditions, look well ahead of you, maintain a safe distance behind the vehicle ahead of you. Take a little extra time on your journey, and increase the odds of arriving alive and well.
metalman.
metalman: Too bad those “superior skills and a lucky force field” wouldn’t protect the ones they run into as well.
Your advice is very good
I too, noticed people driving a lot more carefully. It is good to see.
If we had a four-lane divided highway as promised I am sure it would save many lives. So when is the divided highway going to be completed? IMO I don’t think it rates very high on their priorities. It appears they need another bridge in Vancouver.
I hear you, oldman1, and agree with the sentiment.
But when you get right down to it, the responsibility for road safety lies with all of us who operate a motor vehicle. The gradual ‘dumbing down’ of our culture is doing just that (to some people)
It doesn’t help that the vehicles we drive today are so much better in nearly every way, compared to what was available from the 80’s and before.
Now we can drive faster than before in most every kind of vehicle (my 1 ton crew cab cruises nicely at 130K, stops better, and handles light years better than similar trucks I’ve owned from 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s) And uses less fuel to boot.
The end result of the dumbing down will be driver-less vehicles for all including freight, and even then we will see collisions because eventually there will be programming errors or hardware malfunctions.
For now, 4 laning and concrete barriers will at least reduce the number of head on crashes.
metalman.
The thing that irks me is we should be driving on super highways by now. The amount of money that has been taken in from ICBC and Hydro etc. should have done this by now. Why is it that when you get to Jasper it goes too four lane? BC does not have that many KMs of main highways. Many other provinces like Alberta, Sask and Manitoba have thousands of miles of grid roads to look after besides their main highways. Maybe the should think of spending the money on highways instead of going broke with site C.
I was promised flying cars by the year 2000, instead I have the same idiots who drove too fast for road conditions in the 80s.
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