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Update: Man confirmed dead in Shuswap crash

Vehicle goes over embankment in Seymour Arm Sunday night.
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A man died Sunday night in the Shuswap when the vehicle he was in rolled down an embankment in the Seymour Arm area.

Chase RCMP report that when officers arrived, four people were in the vehicle that went off the Seymour Main Forest Service Road at the 38-kilometre marker.

It “rolled several feet down an embankment before coming to rest up against trees on the bank.”

The man, 31 years old from Burnaby, was deceased in the vehicle. The other three occupants were taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

“Information from witnesses at the scene led police to believe alcohol and speed may have been factors in the crash,” states the police news release.

Original story

One person is believed dead following a motor vehicle accident in Seymour Arm Sunday night.

About 7:30 p.m. on July 2, emergency personnel from Chase reported that a vehicle was down an embankment.

Unconfirmed reports are that four people were trapped inside an SUV, one person who died and three who were injured.

The crash was reported to take place about 30 kilometres beyond St. Ives up the Seymour Arm road.

Witnesses report seeing about a half dozen emergency vehicles heading toward the scene.

More details will be provided as they become available; police have not yet issued a news release.



Martha Wickett

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came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.
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