Police are investigating after two people died when a semi-truck left the highway and down an embankment near Summit Lake Tuesday
The Northern Rockies RCMP received an automated crash detection notification at 4:45am on the Alaska Highway near the 605 kilometre mark.
When first responders arrived at the scene they found both occupants of a loaded semi-truck and trailer were trapped inside the cab of the vehicle and had both suffered fatal injuries.
The vehicle appeared to have broken through a guard rail before coming to rest down a steep embankment.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
“While the investigation is in its infancy, road conditions appear to have been a factor in the crash,” said Staff Sergeant Kris Clark of the BC RCMP. “Work continues to extract the vehicle and its load from the embankment.”
The highway was closed in both directions for vehicle recovery. It is now single-lane alternating traffic. Motorists are urged to check DriveBC for road conditions and closures prior to departure.
Anyone with any information or dash-camera video of the crash is asked to contact the Northern Rockies RCMP at 250-774-2700.