A motorcycle accident near Okanagan Falls sent one person to hospital this afternoon., Members of B.C. Ambulance and Okanagan Falls Fire Department provide care to a downed motorcyclist just north of Okanagan Falls this afternoon, July 13. Photographer: Steve Arstad

Motorcycle accident sends one to hospital

PENTICTON – Emergency crews were called to another motorcycle accident in the South Okanagan today, July 13.

Members of the Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department, the RCMP and B.C. Ambulance service responded to a motorcycle accident near the intersection of Old Kaleden Road and Highway 97 at approximately 3:45 this afternoon.

According to a bystander on scene, a female motorcyclist was northbound just north of the intersection of Old Kaleden Road on Highway 97 when she lost control of the motorcycle.

The woman was treated on scene and transported by B.C. Ambulance with undisclosed injuries. The motorcycle did not appear to be extensively damaged.

Traffic was able to continue past the accident during the incident in both directions.

Police have expressed concerns about the rising number of motorcycle accidents in the area over the past few years. 

A motorcycle accident near Okanagan Falls sent one person to hospital this afternoon. Photographer: Steve Arstad

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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