Busted fire hydrant creates road closure

By Charlotte Helston
January 03 2014 07:51 AM

VERNON – Slippery roads caused a driver to swerve into a fire hydrant outside Okanagan Spring Brewery this morning.

RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the driver lost control coming down the hill at 28th Avenue around 6:30 a.m. and struck a hydrant outside the brewery, causing it to spew water along the road. The driver was uninjured.

The gushing water quickly turned to ice and the city has barricaded the area off to conduct repairs. The road is closed to traffic on 28th Avenue from 29th Street to 28th Street, and is expected to reopen around 11 a.m.

An undetermined amount of water damage was done to the brewery.

The breakage follows two recent incidents involving broken water lines, one of which caused the art gallery to shut down.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Charlotte Helston at chelston@infotelnews.ca, call (250)309-5230 or tweet @charhelston.

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Charlotte Helston grew up in Armstrong and after four years studying writing at the University of Victoria, she came back to do what she loves most: Connect with the community and bringing its stories to life.

Covering Vernon for iNFOnews.ca has reinforced her belief in community. The people and the stories she encounters every day—at the courthouse, City Hall or on the street—show the big tales in a small town.

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