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Driver killed as semis hit head-on One person is dead and three others injured following a multi-vehicle crash just north of Hixon Monday afternoon. Police were called to the scene, on Highway 97 near Woodpecker and Ewing Roads, just before 1 p.m. One person was deceased at the scene. Prince George RCMP, the BC Ambulance Service, Fort George Highway Rescue, and the Hixon Volunteer Fire Department all initially attended the scene. North District RCMP’s Provincial Traffic Services Section were called in to lead the investigation. Initial indication is that a northbound tractor trailer with a load of lumber collided head on with an empty southbound tractor trailer. Two pickup trucks were then
struck, one of them going down a 10-metre embankment. Two other tractor trailers went off road to avoid the collision. The driver of one of the tractor trailer units involved in the original collision was dead at the scene. The three other drivers were transported by the BC Ambulance Service to the University Hospital of Northern BC for treatment of unknown injuries. Police say the stretch of highSub mitte d Ph o to way is three lanes wide and was completely covered in lumber and One person was killed in this crash north of Hixon Monday afternoon. other debris for approximately several hours, however, an alternative established and open to alternating traffic. 200 metres. The highway was closed for route around the crash scene was been The investigation is continuing.
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