Almost five years ago, a car speeding in the wrong direction on Highway 1 crashed into another vehicle while being pursued by police.

Now, a B.C. Coroners Service inquest is reviewing the circumstances that lead to the deaths of 35-year-old Gabriel Johnson Choi, 29-year-old Hasan Khaled Ayyad and 43-year-old Allison Dawn Gilchrist.

In the early hours of Dec. 29, 2020, a vehicle was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lane on Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope well above the speed limit.

An RCMP officer saw the car pass and pursued the vehicle just after 4 a.m. PT.

Several minutes later, there was a head-on collision between the vehicle being chased and another car, according to a 2022 report from the Independent Investigations Office of B.C.

Two people died in the crash, accor

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