The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died after a motor vehicle incident near Trail on May 3, 2013.

He was Frederick Wilkinson, aged 52, of Cornwall, Ontario.

Mr. Wilkinson was the driver and sole occupant of a commercial semi-trailer unit which lost its brakes, went out of control and rolled while descending a steep hill in Trail near the intersection of Highway 3B and Tennyson Avenue shortly after noon on May 3.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.

For further information, please contact:

Larry Marzinzik
Regional Coroner, Interior Region
BC Coroners Service
250 861-7429