Van crashes into Kamloops residence

A man having a medical emergency crashed a van into a home in Kamloops during the lunch hour today.

RCMP say the man behind the wheel of the van had a medical emergency at around noon today, April 6, which caused him to veer off the road, drive through a fence and hit the house on Lethbridge Avenue.

The driver was taken to a local medical facility as a precaution, according to an RCMP media release.

The passenger and two people inside the house at the time of the crash were unharmed.

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