A Toyota pickup truck narrowly missed plunging down a steep embankment off Highway 97, three kilometres south of Penticton this afternoon, Sunday, Dec. 27. Steve Arstad

Pickup truck dislodges concrete barriers after losing control on Highway 97

PENTICTON – Frozen, snowy roads continue to take their toll on traffic in the South Okanagan.

The driver of a Toyota Tundra pickup narrowly missed plunging down a steep, 300-foot embankment when her vehicle went out of control and struck several concrete barriers lining Highway 97 late Sunday afternoon.The truck dislodged two of the barriers, but remained upright on the highway right of way.

The accident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m., about three kilometres south of Penticton.
Snow was falling and highway conditions were poor at the time.

Members of the Penticton Indian Band Fire Department and the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department , RCMP and B.C. Ambulance attended the scene. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Kaleden Fire Chief Darlene Bailey reported road conditions to be extremely slippery at the time.

The collision occurred approximately four kilometres north of the location of a two vehicle collision that sent one driver to hospital with serious injuries on Thursday morning, December 24.

Please be careful out there, people. Story here: http://infotel.ca/newsitem/pickup-truck-dislodges-concrete-barriers-after-losing-control-on-highway-97/it26275

Posted by InfoNews Penticton on Monday, December 28, 2015

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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