UPDATE: Okanagan Connector near West Kelowna reopens following serious collision
WEST KELOWNA – Traffis moving again following a crash with serious injuries this morning on Highway 97C near the Highway 97 interchange.
The crash, which happened at about 8:35 a.m. today, June 20, closed the westbound lanes of the Okanagan Connector for almost five hours creating a traffic issues in the area.
RCMP have released few details about the collision.
Drive B.C. says the accident is cleared. The highway reopened at approximately 1:15 p.m.
OPEN – #BCHwy97C was closed WB at the #BCHwy97 on ramp due to an vehicle incident, now cleared. #KelownaBC #PeachlandBC #Westbank
— DriveBC TOK (@DriveBC_TOK) June 20, 2019
— This story was updated at 2:03 p.m. Thursday, June 20, 2019 to say the highway had reopened.
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