A 40-year-old Sorrento resident is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 east of Sorrento.
At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Salmon Arm RCMP and BC Highway Patrol officers responded to a head-on collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle on Highway 1, between Highlands Drive and Golf Course Drive.
"Evidence at the scene indicates the driver of the passenger vehicle drove into the wrong side of the divided highway, resulting in the collision with the oncoming semi-trailer," said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy in a media release. 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœSadly, the driver, and only occupant, a 40-year-old man from Sorrento91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¦ succumbed to injuries he91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™d sustained and was pronounced deceased at the scene."