6-year-old killed in collision after family forced to flee Merritt, B.C., due to flooding

A mother from Merritt, B.C., is reeling from the death of her six-year-old daughter following a highway crash that occurred as the displaced family was travelling to find a safe haven from floods in the southern part of the province.

Ember Young, 6, died on Nov. 18 when the vehicle she was in with her mother and sister collided with a utility vehicle along Highway 97C, south of Logan Lake in B.C.’s Southern Interior.

“She was a sweet, lovable girl, and it’s very unfortunate that this had to happen to her because she was just the happiest, sweetest little thing,” said her mother,