Revelstoke accident on Trans-Canada kills 3 (updated)

Trans-Canada Highway claims three more lives.

Revelstoke RCMP.

Revelstoke RCMP members are currently (1:30 pm, July 23) at the scene of a three vehicle motor vehicle collision 53 kilometers east of Revelstoke that has claimed the lives of three people.

The preliminary investigation has indicated that a Ford Mustang had been westbound on the Trans-Canada highway when it crossed the center line and clipped an east bound Ford pickup truck. The pickup truck managed to gain control and safely stop. The Mustang lost control and collided head on with an east bound Jeep Liberty which had been following the pickup truck.

Both occupants of the Mustang died at the scene as did an occupant in the Jeep Liberty. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.

A collision reconstructionist is on scene. The highway remains closed however it is anticapted the highway will re-opened in the next 1-2 hours.

July 27 update

The crash which occurred on July 23rd that claimed the lives of three, has now claimed the life of a fourth.

63 year old Maria Pereira of Summerland died of her injuries sustained in the collision, on July 25, 2010 at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. Her daughter, 40 year old Anabela Blystone, also of Summerland died at the scene. Both were passengers in the Jeep Liberty. The driver of the Mustang, 23 year old Cindy Eastham of Calgary, Alberta, was also pronounced dead at the scene.

Confirmation of notification of next of kin for the Nigerian citizen has not been received as of yet.