_QR77 Newsroom
9/20/2009
R.C.M.P. have identified the three victims who died in a violent two vehicle collision 18 kms. north of Highway 3 on Highway 22 just before 9:00am Sunday morning.
They are 52 year old Darrel Johnston of the Crowsnest Pass, 60 year old William Desjardin and 46 year old James Hutchinson of Fernie, B.C.
They were in a van that collided with a southbound truck.
Two men in the truck suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Calgary's Foothills Hospital.
Police say weather played a major role in the collision.
Hail, sleet and wet snow were falling at the time and other motorists reported the road surface was ice and slush covered.
An earlier single vehicle collision in the same area took the life of 54 year old Ralph Simpson of Fernie. He was the driver and of a motorcycle that went out of control and hit the ditch Saturday afternoon while attempting to pass another vehicle.
R.C.M.P say road conditions were good, but it was windy at the time.
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