Woman and dog die in Alaska Highway crash

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A woman and dog from Edmonton died in a single vehicle car crash on the Alaska Highway on June 11th. 

According to a press release from Northern Rockies RCMP on June 12th, a woman and her dog died in a single vehicle crash south of Klua Lakes in the early morning of June 11th.

The accident was initially reported by DriveBC, with Highway 97 closed to traffic for several hours before being opened to single lane, alternating traffic at approximately 10:30 a.m. The road was later reopened in the evening of June 11th. 

In the press release, Staff Sergeant Kris Clark, a senior media relations officer with the BC RCMP, stated local police received an abandoned 911 call at 6:24 a.m. 

A phone crash detection report provided the police with a more general location near Klua Lakes, approximately 1 hour from Fort Nelson. 

“Police and other first responders arrived to discover that a Kenworth flat deck truck had overturned and that both the driver and their dog had been ejected,” Clark said.

“The driver was identified as a 52-year-old Edmonton woman. The woman and her dog were both pronounced deceased at the scene.”

The release stated all factors of the incident have “not yet been determined,” and that evidence at the scene suggests an “overcorrection” was what led to the vehicle overturning.

“The family of the driver has been notified, and our thoughts are with them as they cope with the loss of their loved one,” Clark said. 

The Northern Rockies RCMP are asking anyone with information, CCTV, or dash-cam footage of the crash to contact them by calling 250-774-2700.