The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a young man and a woman who died following a motor vehicle incident near Moyie on Dec. 5.

The female was Lyla-Maria Arcilla Mortensen, aged 18, of Slocan, and the male was Joel William Drew Franklin, aged 19, from Winlaw.

Ms. Mortenson was the driver and Mr. Franklin the passenger in a vehicle which went out of control and collided with a pickup truck on Highway 3/95 about 24 km southwest of Cranbrook about 12:25 p.m. on Dec. 5. Road conditions were noted to be icy at the time. Both Ms. Mortensen and Mr. Franklin were deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate these deaths.

Ministry of Justice/BC Coroners Service

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