Motor vehicle incident leads to fatality

Trail and Greater District

2025-01-17 09:35 PST

File # 2025-118

On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 11:39 p.m., frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report that a 38-year-old Fruitvale woman has fallen out of a vehicle and sustained a life-threatening injury while in the 100 block of Rossland Avenue, in Trail, BC.

Officers located the woman and the vehicle at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. The injured woman was believed to in critical condition after the fall and was transported in the vehicle by another occupant to the hospital for emergency medical treatment.

The 38-year-old Fruitvale woman succumbed to her injuries.

The matter remains under investigation.

This appears to be a sad and tragic incident which ended the life of a local Fruitvale woman. Our condolences to her family and loved ones in this difficult time, says Sgt. Wicentowich 

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Email: james.grandy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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