Truck driver involved in reckless highway driving in BC leaves Canada after getting fired

CLEARWATER — BC Highway Patrol says a commercial driver that drove dangerously by passing on a double solid line around a curve on Highway 5 north of Kamloops has left Canada after getting fired by his employer.

In a news release Wednesday morning (July 26), BC Highway Patrol says it opened an investigation after a truck driver was seen passing a vehicle in a reckless fashion near Clearwater earlier this year. BC Highway Patrol says it took the incident very seriously and opened an investigation with the assistance of the transportation company.

Although BC Highway Patrol did not name the company, the company that employed the man is Manitoulin Transport as seen in an image shared by commercial driver John Keating in which the unidentified driver dangerously passes other vehicles in a double solid line.

BC Highway Patrol learned that the driver responsible for this event was immediately discharged from the company upon them hearing of the incident. Additionally, the driver lived in Edmonton.