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One person injured in three-vehicle crash in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A three-vehicle smash-up on Westsyde Road in Kamloops this morning sent one person to hospital. RCMP say two pickup trucks and a sedan were involved in the collision at about 9 a.m., Dec. 28, at Westsyde Road and Collingwood Drive. One of the pickups ended up at the bottom of an embankment and...
Five-car pileup slows traffic on Harvey in Kelowna
KELOWNA - The already heavy holiday traffic on Harvey Avenue through Kelowna was made worse by a five-car crash at Burtch Road this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the scene of a series of rear end collisions at about 1:30 p.m. today, Dec. 21. Two people were taken to Kelowna General Hospital, according to...
SUV takes out fire hydrant flooding Kelowna intersection
KELOWNA – No one was hurt when a SUV took out a fire hydrant in Kelowna just after midnight, sending water gushing and flooding an intersection. The driver of a Ford Escape hit the hydrant at Highway 33 and Gerstmar Road around 12:15 a.m., Dec. 20, according to Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. John Kelly....
UPDATE: Crash on Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt
MERRITT – A two-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt closed the northbound lanes for a few hours this morning, Dec. 19. Highway 5 has reopened following the crash at Larson Hill on Highway 5, according to Drive B.C. A semi and a van were involved in the crash and B.C. Ambulance dispatched...
No one hurt when car crashes into Kamloops Subway
KAMLOOPS – A woman drove her car into a Subway restaurant on the North Shore in Kamloops this afternoon, but no one was injured. RCMP say the car crashed through the windows at the front of the Subway on Fortune Drive around 2:45 p.m., Dec. 14. There were customers in the restaurant at the time,...
Kelowna rollover backs up Christmas shopping traffic
KELOWNA – RCMP are investigating after a car crash on a busy road near Kelowna’s biggest shopping mall this morning. Emergency crews were called at about 10:54 a.m., Dec. 12, to a rollover on Springfield Road at Durnin Road. A car hit a light standard and flipped, according to a Global Okanagan report. The driver...
UPDATE: Traffic moving again after car crash on Highway 97 through Kelowna
KELOWNA – A serious car crash in Kelowna this morning had the westbound lanes on Highway 97 closed near the city’s downtown causing a traffic nightmare for drivers. RCMP say traffic was moving again through the intersection of Harvey Avenue and Abbott Street at about 11:30 a.m. today, Dec. 11, once the initial investigation was complete...
Coroner identifies Sorrento man killed in crash
SORRENTO - A Sorrento man was killed after his pickup crashed into a tree near the small community along Shuswap Lake last week. Andrej Schmiegel, 60, died in the crash, the B.C. Coroners Service says in a media release. Schmiegel was the driver and sole occupant of the pickup truck, which left the road and...
Pedestrian suffers extensive injuries jaywalking across Kelowna highway
KELOWNA - A senior remains in hospital with multiple injuries after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the highway outside of a crosswalk or intersection Saturday night. The 65-year-old man was trying to cross Highway 97 near Leathead Road when he was struck by a green Jeep Cherokee in the northbound lane. The...
Serious Vernon car crash sends one to hospital
VERNON – A serious two-car crash just south of Vernon Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 97 and College Way sent one person to hospital. Coldstream firefighters, RCMP and B.C. Ambulance responded to the crash at about 12:40 p.m., Nov. 7. Coldstream deputy chief Bryce Green says one of the vehicles jumped a median...
Heavy snow on Trans Canada; crash near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE – A car crash on Highway 1 west of Revelstoke closed the route in both directions today, Nov. 7, as heavy snow dumps on the region. No word yet from the RCMP if anyone was hurt or how many vehicles are involved in the crash. Drive B.C. is estimating Highway 1 will reopen at...
Semi versus camper on Trans-Canada near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - No one was seriously hurt when a semi sideswiped a pickup pulling a camper on the Trans-Canada Highway near Salmon Arm Sunday night. Police say the tractor trailer was eastbound on Highway 1 just east of Salmon Arm around 6 p.m., Oct. 25, when it crossed the centre line and sideswiped the...
Car snags power pole guy wires and flips near Vernon
VERNON – A car hit the guy wires on a Hydro pole on the north end of Westside Road near Vernon, flipping the vehicle and knocking out power in the area today. The crash happened just around 10:50 a.m., Oct. 25, on Westside Road about a kilometre south of Highway 97, on Okanagan Indian Band...
Crown drops charges against North Okanagan man accused of dangerous driving causing death of three people
VERNON - Charges have been dropped against a North Okanagan driver involved in a tragic accident over two years ago. Crown spokesperson Neil MacKenzie says evidence in the dangerous driving causing death case of Brandon McGregor did not support a conviction. McGregor, 23, from Spallumcheen, was previously scheduled to go on trial Oct. 19 on...
UPDATE: Penticton car crash victim dies in hospital
PENTICTON - One of the two people seriously injured following a head-on crash in Penticton last night has died in hospital. RCMP say the crash happened at about 7 p.m., Oct. 9, on Lakeside Road. “A Ford pickup truck, which was travelling south, and a Kia car, which was travelling north, hit head-on,” Const. Michael...
Three-car crash during morning commute in Penticton
PENTICTON – A morning rush hour collision in Penticton resulted in a short closure of Fairview Road today. Penticton RCMP media spokesperson Rick Dellebuur says at approximately 8:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 5, a 53-year-old Cawston woman was driving a 2013 Toyota Prius northbound on Highway 97 when a man driving a Honda Civic made a...
Coquihalla crash near Kamloops claims a life
KAMLOOPS – A crash on the Coquihalla Highway near Kamloops Friday afternoon claimed the life of the driver. RCMP say a SUV driven by an unidentified woman drifted of the highway south of the city, Sept. 11. She was the only one in the vehicle. The woman was driving northbound when the SUV left the...
Close call for young Vernon driver who lost control of car
VERNON – A car crash in Vernon Sunday morning could have been much worse. A young driver behind the wheel of a four-door sedan lost control while turning from South Vernon Drive onto Okanagan Avenue around 11:30, Sept. 6, according to Vernon Fire Department Capt. Reinhard Mann. “He went over a four-metre concrete abutment,” he...
Serious West Kelowna car crash
WEST KELOWNA – Emergency crews are on the scene of a serious car crash in West Kelowna this afternoon. The three vehicle crash happened at about 2 p.m., Sept. 5 on Highway 97 at Boucherie Road near Friend's Pub. Three people were taken to hospital but no word on how badly they were hurt, according...
Two people in hospital after motorcycle accident on Highway 97 in Kaleden
KALEDEN – Two people were transported to hospital following a motor vehicle accident on Highway 97 near Kaleden this afternoon, Sept. 3. Kaleden Fire Chief Darlene Bailey says a man driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle was heading northbound on Highway 97 when a woman driving a Honda sedan pulled out of the Petro Can gas...
Coroner identifies North Okanagan man killed in crash
SPALLUMCHEEN - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a North Okanagan man who died in a car accident last week. He was Matthew Jordon Maxime, 30, of Enderby, the Coroners Service says in a media release. Maxime was driving on Highway 97 near Eagle Rock Road in Spallumcheen, just south of Armstrong,...
Crash on Highway 97 just south of Vernon
VERNON - A head-on collision near the Vernon Army Camp has sent two people to hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened around 9 a.m., Aug. 13, on Highway 97 near the Army Camp when two vehicles struck head-on. The drivers of both vehicles, a man and a woman, had to be removed with the...
UPDATE: Serious, multi-vehicle crash on Coquihalla south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Emergency crews were on the scene of a crash involving multiple vehicles on the Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops Sunday, which sent six people to hospital. RCMP say just before 11 a.m., July 26, they were called to the series of crashes in the northbound lanes of Highway 5 near the Inks Lake...
Elderly man crashes pickup repeatedly in Lumby
LUMBY – An 83-year-old man lost control of his pickup at the traffic light in Lumby last week. RCMP say the man hit a power pole and a flat deck truck, and the concrete retaining wall in front of the Super A Foods parking lot. A witness told police the man then tried to back...