Deadly 2024 crash/BC RCMP

By Vernon Matters Staff

Arrest made

Oliver woman charged in fatal, 2024 South Okanagan crash

Aug 13, 2025 | 9:58 AM

An Oliver woman has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed a 39-year-old man on Highway 97 near Road 21 last year.

The collision occurred on July 31, 2024, just before 8 a.m., when a grey Toyota Echo and a white Ford Explorer collided. The driver and lone occupant of the Toyota Echo was killed.

After a nine-month investigation, the BC Highway Patrol – Keremeos forwarded a report to the BC Prosecution Service, which approved charges against 30-year-old Vanessa Lameiras. She faces dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, impaired operation of a conveyance causing death involving a combination of alcohol and drugs, and impaired operation of a conveyance causing death with methamphetamine in her blood.

Lameiras was arrested on July 31, 2025, without incident and first appeared in court on August 6.

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin of BC Highway Patrol said in the release, “Thorough investigations take time, and it’s important that the community is updated when they are complete. We hope the court process brings some measure of closure to the family and friends of the victim.”

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Out of respect for the court process, no further details have been released.