Man dies in collision east of Enderby

Vernon RCMP is investigating after a person died in a single-vehicle collision east of Enderby yesterday afternoon.

According to a Vernon North Okanagan RCMP media release, police received a call shortly after midday yesterday, Nov. 10, from a member of the public who had discovered an unresponsive person inside a vehicle in the Ashton Creek area on Mabel Lake Road.

The vehicle appeared to have driven from the road and into a ditch.

First responders tried to resuscitate the man but were unsuccessful and he was declared deceased at the scene.

The RCMP said criminality is not suspected and police are continuing to investigate the circumstances leading up to the collision and the man’s death.

No other information will be released until the next of kin has been informed.

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