On Wednesday, July 17, just before 7 a.m., Elk Valley RCMP, East Kootenay RCMP Traffic Services, B.C. Ambulance Service and Sparwood Fire Department responded to a single motor vehicle incident involving a gravel/dump truck that was pulling a flatbed trailer.

The dump truck had gone off the Lower Elk Valley Road, into a shallow ditch and came to rest in a residential driveway.

The driver was the lone occupant of the vehicle and was located deceased at the scene.

The investigation has determined this incident was not criminal in nature and the B.C. Coroner’s Service has assumed conduct of this matter, reported Cst. Debra Katerenchuk of Elk Valley RCMP.

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