Fatal Collision - Salmon River Road

Salmon Arm RCMP Media Release October 17, 2022

S/Sgt. Scott West, NCO i/c Salmon Arm RCMP

On October 15 at approximately 8:20PM Salmon Arm RCMP officers as well as Provincial Ambulance and Fire Department personal were called to a single vehicle motorcycle crash in the 300 block of Salmon River Road.

The operator of the motorcycle died at the scene of the crash despite life saving efforts by bystanders, Fire Personnel and Provincial Ambulance personal.

The subsequent investigation reveled that a black motorcycle with a male operator failed to negotiate a ninety degree left hand turn while traveling north and left the roadway.

Speed is suspected as being a leading cause of this tragic single vehicle collision.