UPDATE: Roads now open after serious crash closed roads in Kelowna’s Glenmore area

People can now use the roads around Clifton and High Roads in the Glenmore neighbourhood after they were closed because of a serious motor vehicle collision.

RCMP reported this afternoon that, at about 8:55 a.m. today, Aug. 11, a "white semi-truck and trailer was executing a southbound turn onto Clifton Road from High Road when it flipped onto its side."

The driver wasn't injured but a passenger was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the release states.

The roads were closed for several hours but are now open.

Police are asking that anyone who witnessed the accident, has dash-cam footage or saw the vehicle before the collision to call Kelowna RCMP Municipal Traffic Services at 250-762-3300.

The earlier news release said police closed Clifton Road between Mountain Avenue and High Road this morning.

As well, High Road between Clifton and Glenmore roads is closed, due to the severity of the collision, according to an RCMP news release.

 – This story was updated at 12:28 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2021 to add details about the collision and contact information for witnesses.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics