An RCMP patch is seen on the shoulder of an assistant commissioner, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
A head-on collision on Highway 17 near Road 137 N, south of Fisher Branch, claimed the life of a 69-year-old Peguis woman on November 29.
Fisher Branch RCMP responded at 6:45 p.m. to the two-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and an SUV.
The SUV driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while her 71-year-old female passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The 60-year-old Gardenton man driving a pickup truck was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and later arrested for impaired driving causing death.
RCMP and a forensic collision expert continue to investigate.
