Driver fleeing police causes double-fatal accident on highway south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO — BC RCMP say a failed traffic stop in Harewood ended in a head-on crash which claimed the life of two people on the Trans-Canada Hwy. south of Nanaimo.
BC RCMP said a Nanaimo Mountie tried to stop a white GMC pick-up truck in Harewoord, near Tenth St., just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 14. But the driver of the pick-up took off, racing onto the Trans-Canada Hwy.
“The vehicle was last seen heading southbound in the northbound lane of the Trans-Canada Hwy.,” an RCMP statement said. “A two vehicle head-on collision, between the same GMC pick-up and another vehicle was located in the northbound lane.”
Both male drivers were pronounced dead at the scene, which was just under one kilometre south of the Cedar Rd. intersection. No other people were involved.