Crash
Lake Country man found unconscious following Shuswap crash
SALMON ARM - A single vehicle collision in the Shuswap Saturday evening sent a Lake Country man to hospital with head and internal injuries. The vehicle struck a power pole in the 4700-block of Eagle Bay Road around 6:45 p.m., Sept. 26, causing the airbags to deploy and major damage to the vehicle. First responders...
UPDATE: Multiple crashes on Highway 1 in Kamloops now clear
KAMLOOPS - Drivers were being warned to stay off Highway 1 heading eastbound through Kamloops after a number of collisions have caused a traffic backup this morning. Const. Jason Epp said emergency personnel responded to a multi-vehicle pile up in the eastbound lanes at the Columbia Street exit this morning, Sept. 25, and the traffic...
Two Vernon dogs escaped car crash, one still missing
VERNON - A Vernon woman is pleading with the public to keep an eye out for her dog after it jumped from a car following a crash and hasn’t been seen since. Tonya Olson says her boyfriend was driving with their two dogs, Rizza and Diego, on Sept. 21 when the vehicle spun out of...
Driver hopitalized after rolling car into bucket of a Bobcat
PENTICTON – A 26-year-old woman was taken to hospital Wednesday morning after she lost control of her car and rolled down an embankment into the bucket of a Bobcat. The cause of the crash at 1656 Holden Rd. is still being investigated and the medical status of the driver, the lone occupant, is not known....
Witnesses sought in crash that left Kelowna cyclist in coma
KELOWNA - RCMP are looking for witnesses in crash that left a Kelowna cyclist in a coma. Trevor Bohac, 42, was riding his bike eastbound on Robson Road West with his dog on Sept. 1 shortly after 4 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle turning into a driveway. His leg was broken and...
Motorcycle crash puts Vernon man in hospital with serious injuries
VERNON - A local man is in potentially life threatening condition after losing control of his motorcycle Sunday afternoon. Police say the 55-year-old Vernon man was travelling east on Bella Vista Road, Sept. 13, when he lost control and crashed around 4 p.m. His bike was extensively damaged in the accident. Both police and B.C....
Crash near Salmon Arm sends three to hospital
SALMON ARM - A two vehicle crash west of Salmon Arm Thursday afternoon shut down the highway for several hours and sent three people to hospital. The collision happened on Highway 1 about 14 kilometres west of Salmon Arm near Kault Hill. The driver of a car parked facing west on the shoulder attempted a...
Crash that led to 30-foot drop under investigation
CHASE - The occupants of an SUV are recovering from minor injuries after sliding 30 feet down a steep embankment yesterday, Aug. 31. Sgt. Gary Heebner from the Chase RCMP detachment says the driver of a black Dodge Journey drove off the Adams Forest Service Road near the Adams Lake Provincial Park. The vehicle fell...
Vernon cadets show bravery in moments after head-on collision
VERNON - A group of staff cadets and instructors celebrating at a recent graduation parade in Vernon didn’t hesitate to drop what they were doing and run to help those involved in a serious car crash. “The flags were just being marched on and we heard a loud bang,” Major Keri Winkelaar says. “We turned...
Two men who died in Spences Bridge crash identified
KAMLOOPS - Two men are dead after the vehicle they were in left the roadway and rolled down a steep embankment near Spences Bridge last week. The B.C. Coroners Service says Morris Nicholas Wilson Sr., 47, and his son Morris Nicholas Wilson Jr., 24, were in a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading eastbound on Drinkwater Road...
Driver in hospital after truck flips, lands on roof in Vernon
VERNON - A man is considered lucky to be alive after his truck crashed and rolled on a busy Vernon thoroughfare. Emergency crews responded to the single vehicle crash around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the intersection of 58 Avenue and 27 Street. Deputy fire chief Jack Blair says the overturned vehicle was found...
Speed considered factor in crash; two sent to Kelowna hospital
KELOWNA - A crash on Gordon Drive last night sent two Kelowna men to hospital and damaged a nearby fence. Const. Steve Holmes with Kelowna RCMP says a driver in a Nissan SUV was attempting to make a left turn from Gordon Drive onto Bothe Road when he was struck by a man driving a...
Man killed in Cherry Creek crash named
KAMLOOPS - A Savona man is dead after a head-on crash near Cherry Creek on Friday afternoon. The B.C. Coroners Service says Stewart Walter Green, 24, was the lone occupant of a westbound vehicle that crossed the centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle just east of the Cherry Creek store on Friday,...
Kelowna women killed in Vernon car crash identified
VERNON - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identities of two women who died in a head-on car accident in Vernon over the weekend. They were Chantal Diane Bazin, 22, and Kayla Elizabeth Cartwright, 26, both from Kelowna. According to a press release from the coroner Larry Marzinzik, Bazin was the driver, and Cartwright the...
UPDATE: Two dead in crash in Vernon; police looking for witnesses
VERNON - Two young women from Kelowna were found dead in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Highway 97 in Vernon, early Sunday morning, and another two people from Armstrong are in hospital, police say. The two vehicles collided near the 27 Street overpass just after midnight Sunday morning, July 12. Cpl. Joseph Leeson...