Updated: Coroner releases name of victim in fatal collision in Trail
By Trail Champion
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died after a motor vehicle incident in Trail on March 25.
She was Maria Sodini, aged 79, of Trail. Sodini was the front-seat passenger in a vehicle which was in collision with a pickup truck at the intersection of Second and Bailey in Trail at about 6 p.m. on March 25.
She was taken immediately to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, but died there of her injuries the next day.
The BC Coroners Service and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate this death.
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A person has died as the result of a car crash in Trail yesterday, according to RCMP Cpl. Kelly Hall.
“On March 25, Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision involving a silver truck and a beige car at the corner of Bailey Avenue and Second Avenue in Trail,” she said in a press release this afternoon. “The two occupants of the car were transported to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.”
A subsequent release indicated the accident is now a fatality.
“On March 26, a passenger in the vehicle passed away as a result of injuries sustained in the collision,” Hall said.
“Further information relating to the identities of the parties involved is not being released at this time. The matter is stil under investigation.Police are requesting assistance from the public. If you witnessed the collision which occurred at 5:40 p.m., you are asked to contact the Trail and Greater District RCMP detachment at (250)-364-2566.”
