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Coroner rules Okanagan Falls drowning death ‘undetermined’
OKANAGAN FALLS - The B.C. Coroner's Service figured out what killed an Edmonton man found floating in the Okanagan River near Okanagan Falls last spring, but questions about why he ended up in the river remain unanswered. Coroner Walter Burns has determined Andrew Scott Gangl drowned in the river and alcohol and drugs were contributed...
Coroner identifies Penticton girl hit by motorhome in Oliver
PENTICTON – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the Oliver girl who was hit and killed by a motorhome in Oliver last week. Mya Daylene Goddard, 16, of Penticton was crossing the highway in Oliver on June 4, when she was hit by a southbound recreational vehicle, according to a media release. The driver of...
Driver killed in highway rollover west of Kamloops identified
KAMLOOPS - The man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cherry Creek west of Kamloops this weekend has been identified. The lone occupant of the vehicle was Jerrylee Lyle Terry, 33, of Lillooet, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. The pickup truck flipped on its roof after it left the highway and collided with a rock...
Woman hit, killed by trailer pulled by pickup driven by husband
KELOWNA – Both the RCMP and Coroner are investigating after a 40-year-old woman was hit and killed by a trailer being towed by a pickup truck driven by her husband early Sunday morning. RCMP say the woman was hit at around 2:30 a.m., May 24, in the 3100-block of Lakeshore Road, just south of KLO...
Vernon man dies after fall from sailboat
VERNON – A Vernon man fixing a mast on a sailboat at the Vernon Yacht Club died after falling from a ladder Thursday. David Gilbert Jones, 82, struck the rigging and parts of the boat and then landed in the lake after falling from the ladder Thursday morning, May 21, according to a media release...
Man hit by pickup and killed in Keremeos identified
KEREMEOS – The identity of the young man hit and killed while crossing the highway near Keremeos last weekend has been released. Samuel Houle, 20, of Quebec was walking across Highway 3, just south of the intersection with Highway 3A, Sunday night, April 17, when he was struck by a pickup truck, according to a...
Fall from rock face claims life of teen in Coldstream
VERNON – An 18-year-old fell to his death from a rock face on the King Edward Forest Service Road in Coldstream last night. Vernon RCMP officers and B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were called to the scene at around 7:30 p.m., April 11. “The male had suffered significant injuries as a result of the fall, and...
Kamloops park fire death ‘a ritual gone horrifically wrong’
KAMLOOPS - While authorities are still investigating how and why a woman was set on fire early Tuesday morning in a Kamloops park — and later died in hospital — people close to her say it was a pagan ritual gone wrong. The Uji Feature Garden rock formation, where the woman was found, remains blocked...
Salmon Arm teen who died in snowmobile accident identified
ENDERBY - The teen who died in a snowmobiling accident near Enderby over the weekend was Brandon Edward Oullette, 16, from Salmon Arm. According to a release from the B.C. Coroners Service, Oullette was snowmobiling with his father and others at Hunters Range, just north east of Enderby, around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when his...
Snowmobile accident claims life of Salmon Arm teen
ENDERBY - A Salmon Arm teen is dead after a snowmobiling accident near Enderby. The 16-year-old Salmon Arm boy was snowmobiling with his father and others Dec. 28 in Hunters Range, but got separated from the group, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. He wasn’t separated for long, but when his father tried to contact him...
UPDATE: Body found in burning truck
KELOWNA - The RCMP and the coroner are investigating after a man's body was discovered in a burning truck in Kelowna, though police don't suspect foul play. Fire crews were called Saturday at around 6:07 p.m. to the truck, which was found engulfed in flames Casorso Road at Barrera Road near Casorso Elementary School in...
Crash claims life of Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS – A 30-year-old Kamloops woman died when the vehicle she was driving crashed on Shuswap Road early Sunday morning. Tk’emlups RCMP say the woman was the only one in the car when it crashed in the 3600-block of Shuswap Road at about 1 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The RCMP Southeast...
New dates for inquest into Lumby teen’s death
VERNON – The inquest into the death of a Lumby teen in an industrial accident at the Lavington planer mill over a year ago will be held this fall. The B.C. Coroners Service had originally planned to hold the inquest into Bradley Haslam’s death this past spring, but new information forced the coroners service to...
Man in fatal traffic accident near Vernon identified
VERNON - The B.C. Corners Service has identified the man who died in a traffic accident June 4 on Highway 97 near Vernon. He was Brian Victor Dolman, 64, of Oyama. Dolman was the driver and only person inside the Subaru SUV when he veered out of the southbound lanes near the Birnie Road turnoff...
Coroner identifies man in fatal accident near Grindrod
ENDERBY - The B.C. Coroners Service identified a man who crashed his motorcycle near Grindrod May 11. He was Herman Gerrits, 64, of Enderby. Gerrits was driving a motorcycle north on the Enderby/Grindrod Road at about 10:30 a.m. when he collided with a southbound vehicle. Gerrits' family was notified of his death. The B.C. Coroners...