A bizarre incident at a Penticton gas station Sunday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2015, has left a driver with a damaged vehicle. Credit: Contributed/Skylar Noe-Vack

Falling signage slams car at Penticton gas station

PENTICTON – A bizarre incident at a Penticton gas station Sunday afternoon has left a driver with a damaged vehicle.

The signage above the gas pumps at the Husky station at the corner of Skaha Lake Road and Kinney Avenue let loose and smashed onto a car getting filled up around 2:30 p.m., Sept. 6.

According to a witness, no one was hurt, but firefighters driving down the road saw the incident and stopped to help out.

Calls to the Penticton Fire Department have yet to be returned.

Penticton firefighters driving down the road saw the falling sign incident at the Husky station and stopped to help out, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015. Credit: Contributed/Skylar Noe-Vack

A witness says no one was hurt when a sign dropped onto a car at the gas pumps of a Husky station in Penticton, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Credit: Contributed/Skylar Noe-Vack

Credit: Contributed/Skylar Noe-Vack

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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