Two children dead after side-by-side incident in Pouce Coupe

A bright red helicopter in flight. — STARS H145 in flight. (STARS)

POUCE COUPE, B.C. — Two children are dead after an incident involving a side-by-side vehicle last week.

Dawson Creek fire department chief Marcel Capelle told Energeticcity.ca that ambulance services, the Dawson Creek RCMP and the Pouce Coupe Fire Department were at the scene on the afternoon of Thursday, June 4th at 1 p.m.

Two young children were operating a side-by-side all-terrain off-road vehicle when it rolled over. Dawson Creek RCMP detachment commanding officer, Staff Sergeant Shawn Peddle, confirmed a child was pronounced dead at the scene.

Shock Trauma and Rescue (STARS) Ambulance media representative Blake Robert confirmed that STARS air ambulance was called to the incident, airlifting another child from the scene to Edmonton in critical condition.

Peddle said the child who was airlifted later passed away on Saturday, June 6th, in the hospital, and the matter is still under investigation.