BC Highway Patrol has arrested a suspect driver who left the scene of a crash that killed two men near Armstrong Saturday.
Now, police are looking for more witnesses and dash-camera video to explain exactly how the tragedy unfolded.
The collision happened July 12, 2025, at about 1:30 a.m., when two full-size pickups (a black GMC Sierra and a tan Chevrolet) crashed head-on near Spallumcheen on Highway 97A.
âWitness reports say that a 2009 GMC Sierra with lifted suspension and a tidy tank in the bed was driving the wrong way on the divided highway prior to the fatal collision,â said Corp. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. âThere may be people who had a near-miss with the black GMC Sierra who have not yet spoken to police. We need to speak to those people, and dash-camera video would be very useful.â
The tan Chevrolet contained four people; two of the passengers, a 19-year-old Vernon man, and a 20-year-old Coldstream man, did not survive the collision.
The man who was driving the black GMC Sierra, and a passenger, left the scene on foot without identifying themselves to witnesses or police. Later that same day, a 30-year-old Armstrong man, who is believed to be the suspect driver, was arrested in relation to the crash.
Anyone who witnessed the minutes leading up to the crash, or who has dash-camera video, is asked to call BC Highway Patrol â Falkland at 250-828-3184 and quote file 2025-2243.
