A woman driver killed in a highway crash in Peachland appears to have crossed the centre line before the collision according to RCMP officers at the scene.

The 69-year-old Penticton woman was heading north on Highway 97 just after noon on Thursday, when Hyundai Santa Fe she was driving smashed head-on into a southbound tractor-trailer near Trepanier Bench Road.

Traffic was blocked in both directions along the two-lane section for several hours. A detour was used to get traffic around the accident scene.

Name withheld until notification of next of kin

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