An Alberta family has been left frustrated by what they call bureaucratic deficiencies in British Columbia surrounding autopsies.
Lance Pottruff, 70, lives in High River, Alta. and found out on Aug. 5, that his youngest son Craig had been involved in a head-on collision along the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke that afternoon.“He lived life large,” said Pottruff.
He says in most provinces, it takes 24 to 48 hours and sometimes even 72 hours for one to be completed.Pottruff lost his first wife, Craig’s mother in a car crash 25 years ago.The BC Coroners Service says autopsies are generally completed within a few days to facilitate families’ funeral planning. “Across Canada, jurisdiction for investigating a death lies with the province or territory where the death occurred,” said Panton.
At the time, the BC Highway Patrol says the initial investigation found that the west bound Kia Rio crossed the centre line into the east bound lane, colliding with the Ford Fusion. Keith recalls a story from 2013, when the pair of them attended a CFL playoff game in Saskatchewan, before coming back to Calgary for the Western Conference Final.
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