Motorcycle-crash victim identified

Posted on August 12, 2014 in City, Top Story // 0 Comments

NEWS — The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motor vehicle accident in Kamloops on Sunday.

He is Michael Joseph Bourget, aged 32, of Kamloops.

Bourget was the operator of a motorcycle heading eastbound in the 300-block of Victoria Street West at about 7:10 p.m. Aug. 10 when he was injured in a collision involving two pickup trucks.

Bourget was transported by ambulance to Royal Inland Hospital but could not be resuscitated.
The coroners service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.

B.C. Coroners Service

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