Woman rescued from rail trail in Myra Canyon near Kelowna
A woman cycling with a friend on the Myra Canyon rail trail near Kelowna fell hard from her bike yesterday and needed help from search and rescue volunteers.
The older woman hit a diagonal culvert across the trail, lost control of her bike and landed hard just after noon yesterday, June 8, according to a Central Okanagan Search and Rescue media release.
The woman was in shock and not mobile, so search and rescue responded with eight members including the e-bike team.
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They found her between trestles seven and eight, and stabilized her. She had upper body and possible internal injuries.
The search team’s UTV arrived and took her out to a waiting ambulance.
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