Valemount RCMP Report: April 2025
Submitted by Cpl. Nicholas Theoret, Valemount RCMP
The Valemount RCMP responded to a report of a collision on Highway 5 involving a passenger vehicle with 4 occupants and a semi tractor and trailer on April 14th.
On arrival officers learned that 2 of the occupants in the passenger vehicle were deceased and that witnesses stated that the driver of the semi was driving in the oncoming lane prior to the collision and the driver of the passenger vehicle was unable to react in time.
At this time the driver of the semi is being investigated for criminal charges related to the deaths of the 2 occupants of the passenger vehicle.
While conducting routine patrols on Highway 5 on April 25th, an officer with the Valemount RCMP conducted a traffic stop with an uninsured vehicle.
While speaking with the driver the officers noted that there was an open container of alcohol in the vehicle and conducted a roadside sobriety test which resulted in a 3 day driving prohibition of the driver and impoundment of the vehicle.
While conducting their investigation the officers also located 8 unstamped contraband cigarette packs which were seized.
On April 30th, the Valemount RCMP responded to a report of a head on collision on Highway 5. On arrival, officers found that a Northbound passenger vehicle had crossed into the southbound lane and struck a southbound pickup head on.
The passenger vehicle caught fire immediately after the collision and witnesses were unable to approach the passenger vehicle to attempt to get the occupants out.
Once the fire was extinguished it was confirmed that there was only one occupant in the passenger vehicle who was deceased.
Witnesses on scene advised the officers that they did not know why the driver of the passenger vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane and that the driver of the pickup attempted to avoid the collision, however by the time the driver of the passenger vehicle entered the oncoming lane, it was too late.
