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'Highway of Heroes' sign demolished

A sign that was put up to honour those who gave their lives in Afghanistan was demolished as the result of a traffic crash.
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Two pickup trucks locked together on Highway 1 Saturday and knocked down the Highway of Heroes sign near 248 Street.

A two-vehicle crash in the 25100 block of Highway 1 demolished the sign on Sunday afternoon.

Around 11:30 a.m., two pickup trucks were driving east along Highway 1, when one of the vehicles changed lanes into the other vehicle, said RCMP Freeway Patrol.

The two vehicles locked together and slid off the road, smashing into the sign. There were no injuries, said RCMP.

The Trans-Canada Highway between 91原创 and Abbotsford was dedicated as the 鈥淗ighway of Heroes鈥 in June 2011 to honour 13 B.C. soldiers who died in Afghanistan.

The roll call of the fallen includes Master Cpl. Colin Bason, a 28-year-old reserve soldier from Aldergrove killed by the explosion of roadside bomb on July 4, 2007 and Pte. Garrett Chidley, a 21-year-old full-time soldier from 91原创. He was killed on Dec. 30, 2010, after the light armoured vehicle he was driving struck an improvised explosive device.

It isn鈥檛 known yet whether the Ministry of Transportation will replace the sign.



Monique Tamminga

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Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the 91原创 Advance Times.
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