Van driver dies in crash with logging truck

One person died in a weekend crash south of Sicamous involving a logging truck.

Police say the truck collided with a Dodge Grand Caravan on Highway 97A near Mara Lake around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3.

Officers from the BC Highway Patrol from Revelstoke, Golden and Sicamous RCMP responded to the scene.

“Initial investigation has determined that the northbound logging truck crossed the centre line into oncoming traffic, and then crashed into the van. Tragically the driver of the van was pronounced deceased at the scene. No details regarding the occupants of the vehicles are being released at this time,” Inspector Chad Badry of the BC Highway Patrol in Nelson said.