2 Roadies Dead near Pemberton

Didn't want to post until it was official.

Hope I didn't know any of them…

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/3-dead-in-collision-involving-alleged-drunk-driver-on-highway-99-north-of-mt-currie-1.3094843

My condolences to their families and friends.

RIP

really sad, so brutal and tragic…condolences to family and friends

Devastating. So sad for their families.

road bikes on the highway is to bloody dangerous. such a shitty way to die. RIP

Horrible. Sad. RIP.

I have been reading comments that people should not ride highways (in response to this accident).

That section of road, is not what most people would consider a highway. It has little traffic, tight turns, and a steep grade. Pretty much forces drivers to drive slow, and pay attention (would be a hard place to text while driving).

On the other note, of riding on highways. I do it tons, yes I am scared, yes I try to pick the right hours. But simply being near any road in any type of vehicle (moped, bike riding, motorcycle, car, truck) is risky. Presently, rehabbing a knee, and road riding is what the doctor ordered. Doing it inside or on the valley trail, will break me.

I live in Squamish and there is never a weekend that there are not numerous accidents on the Sea to Sky. FYI - be scared anytime you drive near Brohm Lake - that spot produces an accident nearly every weekend.

From the Whistler cycle club, high end riders, one of the guys was a former team Canada rider

bummer, RIP

Heard about the highway closure on Mountain FM yesterday. Sad to learn the cause behind it. RIP

i saw those guys yesterday just minutes before the accident .

i was riding my DR up and over the duffy and they were about 1 km east of the joffre high point .

three guys out for a great time ; looked like they'd ridden across the pass for a bit and had turned back . you don't often see roadies past the summit .

i have a huge amount of sympathy for the third rider in the group . . . what a scene to be confronted with .

first i heard about it was that afternoon when i met two other moto ADV guys who had been on a multi day tour of BC . they were on their way home and had gone over the duffy only to be turned back by the MVA and had found themselves at the Seton Portage pub .

I have been reading comments that people should not ride highways (in response to this accident).

I don't know what those people making comments are thinking. Report said the car crossed the median and hit them head on. What does that have to do with being a cyclist?

Sad news for the family and all cyclists in general.

Condolences to the families and friends of the riders.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cycling-safety-too-often-bikes-still-ignored-on-canadian-roads-1.3095946