Fatal crash in Shuswap

RCMP say a resident of the Salmon Arm area died in a single-vehicle crash.

Officers and BC Ambulance were called to the 8000 block of Black Road near Salmon Arm Friday, Jan. 28 to a report of a vehicle in the ditch.

“When police and ambulance arrived, they located a vehicle in the ditch and the sole occupant, a 58-year- old male resident of the area was located in the locked vehicle deceased. The vehicle lost control in a curve, rolled and hit a tree before coming to a stop,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West.

West added evidence at the scene indicate the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.