UPDATE: Police find vehicle connected to North Okanagan ‘incident’

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP were asking for help to find a 2008 blue KIA Sportage involved in an incident on Back Enderby Road in Spallumcheen this morning, but now say the vehicle has been located.

RCMP do not say what the incident was that happened at around 11:30 a.m. today, Sept. 20, but did say they were using a helicopter to try to find the KIA.

“Investigators are working to determine the circumstances around this incident and are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the vehicle,” a media release issued earlier today stated. “If you see this vehicle, do not approach it and call police immediately.”

RCMP now say the 2008 blue KIA Sportage with B.C. licence plate KL0 87K has been located.

— This story was updated at 3:25 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 to say the vehicle RCMP were looking for had been found.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics