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UPDATE: Highway 97 reopens near Peachland

UPDATE: Highway 97 reopens near Peachland | iNFOnews.ca
Dashcam footage shows a vehicle cross the centre line and hit another head on. Global Okanagan (with permission)

PEACHLAND – Highway 97 has reopened south of the Highway 97C junction.

A head on crash shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3 shut down both lanes about four kilometres south of Peachland Lane on Highway 97.

RCMP have not commented on the extent of the injuries but Global Okanagan reports a car crossed the centre line and hit another vehicle head on. A third vehicle was also involved.

Two men and a woman were taken to hospital. The woman is in critical condition.

To contact the 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 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 to include information from Global Okanagan and Drive B.C.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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