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Five-car pileup slows traffic on Harvey in Kelowna

Five-car pileup slows traffic on Harvey in Kelowna | iNFOnews.ca
A series or rear end collisions at Harvey Avenue and Burtch Road this afternoon, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. Credit: Sean Heddle

KELOWNA – The already heavy holiday traffic on Harvey Avenue through Kelowna was made worse by a five-car crash at Burtch Road this afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the scene of a series of rear end collisions at about 1:30 p.m. today, Dec. 21.

Two people were taken to Kelowna General Hospital, according to a Global Okanagan report.

Traffic was backed as RCMP investigated and the wrecks were cleared.

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To contact a reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infonews.ca or call 250-718-0428. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 3:26 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 to correct the number of vehicles involved in the collision.

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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.

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