Image: BC Highway Patrol has confirmed a single-vehicle collision shortly before 9 a.m. today / Google Maps

By Alyssa Conti

COLLISION IN RIVER

BC Highway Patrol responds to early morning car crash in Coquihalla River

Feb 21, 2025 | 1:45 PM

HOPE — BC Highway Patrol has confirmed a single-vehicle collision on the Coquihalla Highway near Deneau Creek Friday morning (Feb. 21).

Spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin told Fraser Valley Today that a grey pickup truck crashed into the Coquihalla River off Highway 5 at around 8:41 a.m. The truck landed on its wheels in the river, but the 59-year-old Princeton driver could not get out.

Hope Search and Rescue later assisted the occupant in leaving the vehicle. Paramedics were also on scene to help with the driver’s several non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver has been fined and police issued tickets for infractions.

The pickup has since been towed out of the river.

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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to identify the driver was the lone occupant.