A 62-year-old Salmon Arm man is dead after a collision between a gravel truck and a pick-up truck on the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday.
RCMP released information Monday that the 62-year-old male driver of the Toyota Tacoma from Salmon Arm succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision which took place close to noon.
The male driver of the semi truck from Kamloops was not injured.
The collision occurred on a straight stretch of road. The loaded northbound commercial gravel truck/trailer was northbound while the Toyota Tacoma pick up truck had been travelling southbound. The collision took place on the Trans-Canada Highway between Canoe and Salmon Arm near the Cal-Van Motel.
The pick-up truck sustained extensive damage. Its canopy was left several metres west of where the vehicle came to rest.
Emergency personnel including Salmon Arm RCMP, Trans Canada East Traffic Services, BC Ambulance and fire emergency services personnel responded. Crews from the Salmon Arm Rescue Unit used the jaws of life to extract the man from the pickup.
Members of the Trans Canada East Traffic Services unit continue to investigate the cause of this collision and are assisting the B.C. Coroners Service. No charges have been laid.
Police made no comment on the condition of the road at the time of the crash.
The highway was closed for approximately four and a half hours, reopening to traffic at approximately 4:35 p.m.