VANCOUVER - Three people from the same family have died and two others are in hospital after a rollover on the Coquihalla Highway in B.C.
The crash occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Friday between Merritt and Kamloops.
RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says witnesses, including a doctor and a nurse, provided first aid before emergency crews arrived.
He said the vehicle ended up rolling down a 200 foot bank as it tried to turn on to Lac Le Jeune Road.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, said police.
The 42-year-old female driver and a 70-year-old male passenger who was sitting behind her suffered undetermined injuries.
The three deceased include a 49-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman, both of New Westminster, and a 41-year-old man from Surrey.
With a file from the Canadian Press
