“The rear driver’s side (of the car) landed inside the bucket of the Bobcat but caused no damage to the equipment in the yard,” Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth says in a release. Credit: Contributed

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.

“The rear driver’s side (of the car) landed inside the bucket of the Bobcat but caused no damage to the equipment in the yard,” Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth says in a media release.

The crash happened at around 11 a.m. and the woman was taken to Penticton Regional Hospital.

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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