Man killed in Craigellachie crash former Kamloops resident

Posted on August 18, 2014 in Crime/ Police // 0 Comments

NEWS/ POLICE — A man who recently moved from Kamloops to Calgary was identified today as the person who died in an auto crash last Friday near Craigellachie.

He was Kim Alan Edwards, aged 57. Edwards was the driver and sole occupant of a car heading eastbound on Highway 1 in the early hours of the morning of Aug. 15 when, near Avoca Road in Craigellachie, the car went out of control and rolled. It was then struck by a westbound transport truck.

Edwards was taken by ambulance first to Shuswap General Hospital in Salmon Arm, and then to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. The next day he died of injuries suffered in the crash.

The B.C. Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate his death.

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