Emergency crews on the scene of a car crash at Skaha Lake Road and Highway 97 in Penticton early this morning, Thursday, July 16, 2015. A vehicle ended up in the Okanagan River Channel. Credit: Contributed/Skylar Noe-Vack

Vehicle ends up in Okanagan River Channel

PENTICTON – An early morning car crash ended with a vehicle in the Okanagan River Channel this morning.

Penticton RCMP, B.C. Ambulance and Penticton Fire Department personnel responded to call at 12:34 a.m., July 16, to the crash at the intersection of Skaha Lake Road and Channel Parkway.

RCMP ensured everyone had made it out of the vehicle in the water.

A marine unit was also brought in to assist in a search of the channel, according to an unconfirmed Facebook report by Skylar Noe-Vack.

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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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