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Scooter crash sends one to hospital

Scooter crash sends one to hospital | iNFOnews.ca
A driver has been fined following a collision in West Kelowna that injured a woman who was riding on a scooter. Global Okanagan (with permission)

WEST KELOWNA – A driver has been fined following a collision in West Kelowna that injured a woman who was riding on a scooter.

The accident happened early Wednesday afternoon on Highway 97 near Old Okanagan Highway.

Shawn Heseltine says he saw the woman get knocked off the scooter by a car that was making a right hand turn onto Highway 97.

The woman has been taken to hospital with minor injuries and the driver of the car was issued a fine of $167 for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca, call (250) 718-0428 or tweet @AdamProskiw.

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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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