One person killed, two missing in British Columbia landslides

At least one person was killed and two others were missing following landslides that swept cars off a highway northeast of Vancouver, a Royal Canadian Mountain Police deputy commissioner said on Tuesday.

The two missing people were believed to have been traveling along the road near Pemberton, some 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Vancouver, when the landslides hit, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald told a news conference.