BC Highway Patrol investigates a collision involving a police vehicle

BC Highway Patrol

2025-05-11 11:17 PDT

File # 2100 2025-1361

An unmarked BC Highway Patrol vehicle has been involved in a collision with a civilian vehicle. Police are looking for witnesses to determine exactly how it happened.

The collision occurred on May 10, 2025, at 8:32 a.m., when an unmarked grey police pickup and a blue Ford Ranger pickup were both northbound on Highway #5, the Yellowhead Highway, just south of Rayleigh near Kamloops, BC.

Police have spoken to multiple witnesses and collected multiple dash-camera videos, but we need to be thorough and we would welcome more witnesses, says Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. The investigation is in its early stages but there are no obvious indications of criminality to this point.

The police officer, along with the 21-year-old Maple Ridge woman who was driving and the 19-year-old Maple Ridge woman who was a passenger, were all taken to hospital as a precaution.

Both vehicles were severely damaged and Highway #5 traffic was diverted for approximately nine hours for the investigation and clean-up.

If you were a witness to this collision (including the minutes leading up to the crash), or have dash camera video, please call BC Highway Patrol – Kamloops at 250-828-3111 and quote file 2100 2025-1361.

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Email: bchp_media@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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