Three people died after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Sicamous, police said.
On Oct. 16 at 10:45 p.m., Sicamous RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 near Stadnicki Road.
Police said a westbound Mercedes passenger van collided with an eastbound tow truck that was trying to turn left into the Sicamous truck stop.
Three of the seven people in the van died.
Police added that the occupants of the Mercedes van and the deceased were determined to be visiting Canada.
BC Ambulance, Sicamous Fire Department and the Eagle Valley Rescue Truck attended the scene to assist with the rescue and removal of the injured passengers.
Police said road conditions were good at the time of the collision, as there was no rain and visibility was clear.
RCMP Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) investigators attended the scene to investigate the circumstances of the collision.
Highway 1 was closed for a period of approximately seven hours and reopened the next day.
