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UPDATE: RCMP confirm man who died in incident near Heffley Lake was from Kamloops area

(Update - 3:35 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP has confirmed that the driver of a cement truck that went over an embankment earlier today has died.

According to police, rural RCMP members responded to a single vehicle collision two kilometres east of Heffley Lake. The cement truck was travelling towards Sun Peaks when the incident occurred.

The male driver was from the Kamloops area and the cause of the collision is still under investigation.

(Original - 11:00 a.m.): Kamloops Fire Rescue, along with crews from Sun Peaks, responded to a cement truck falling over a bank near Heffley Lake this morning.

According to Platoon Captain Darryl Cooper, the incident occurred on Heffley Louis Creek Road, two kilometers east of Lake Bay Road.

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"I don't have the figures of how it happened, but there was a truck overturned on Louis Creek Road," said Cooper. "It sounds like it must have been in the ditch or something."

Cooper adds that paramedics attended the scene but were unable to access the patient. An air ambulance was called in as a result.

"The ambulance couldn't access the patient so he had to be extracted and once they got him out he was declared deceased on scene."

Cooper notes that crews were on scene for nearly two hours tending to the incident.

Kamloops RCMP is now investigating into what happened.



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