An RCMP cruiser. (Photo via Merritt RCMP)
UPDATE 8:30 p.m. – Lac Le Jeune has reopened after a nearly six-hour-long closure because of a crash near Stake Lake Friday afternoon.
Details about the crash remain unclear at this time, but reports are that it was between a motorcycle and a pickup truck, and that it happened around 2:30 p.m.
In an email to Radio NL, BC Emergency Health Services says it was called to the crash on Lac Le Jeune Road, south of Stake Lake at 2:32 p.m., Oct. 20.
“Three ambulances and a supervisor responded,” BC EHS spokesperson Bowen Osoko told Radio NL in an email. “Paramedics cared for and transported two patients to hospital in stable condition.”
Lac Le Jeune Road is now OPEN and CLEAR from previous vehicle incident between #Merritt and #Kamloops.
— DriveBC (@DriveBC) October 21, 2023
⛔️#BCHwy5 access to Meadow Creek Road / Lac Le Jeune Road from the South end (at #BCHwy97D) and North end (in #Kamloops) will be closed due to a motor vehicle incident closing Lac Le Jeune Road. #Merritt #LoganLake
— DriveBC (@DriveBC) October 20, 2023
More to come
