On Sunday
night (December 9th) a couple from Clearwater, B.C was driving on
highway five, North of Kamloops. At the time the road conditions were quite
hazardous including an icy road, the ice caused their car to start sliding and
that lead on to the vehicle skidding 30 meters uncontrollably off the highway
where it then struck a tree. According to Police, right after the car struck
the tree it apparently disappeared into the North Thompson River and got swept
down by the current. Attempts to locate the vehicle on Sunday night were made
by dive teams and search and rescue teams but had no luck. The search resumed
on Monday but was still unsuccessful. The couple that is presumed dead
consisted of thirty year old Skye Tavis Buck and his eight month pregnant wife
Courtney Elizabeth Buck that was also thirty. Both of them were teachers in the
small Clearwater community that taught at Clearwater Secondary School and at
Raft River Elementary School. Since the population of Clearwater is only around
5,000 “the teachers deaths have had a significant impact on the people of Clearwater”,
said Michael Bowden, principal at Raft River Elementary.
This
incident, which clearly devastated the community of Clearwater just goes to
show how hazardous and unpredictable driving in winter conditions really is,
especially up in mountainous regions where conditions are usually even more
extreme. People should really be making a strong effort to acquiring proper
winter tires and even equipping their tires with chains if necessary.
Author: Brady Strachan
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/bc-clearwater-teachers-crash.html
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