One person killed in highway crash between Behchoko and Yellowknife: RCMP

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An RCMP patrol vehicle. (CKLB file photo.)

Posted By: John McFadden February 12, 2020

One person has been killed in a highway crash between Yellowknife and Behchoko early Wednesday morning.

RCMP state in a news release that it happened at about 2:00 am on Highway 3.

Mounties state that others sustained non-life threatening injuries.

The name of the deceased has not been released.

Police have not said how many people were hurt or how many vehicles were involved.

The highway has been reopened to traffic.

The investigation is ongoing and police say more information is forthcoming.

If you saw what happened contact Yellowknife RCMP at 669-1111.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.

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