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Three-car crash on Highway 1 in Kamloops slows traffic
KAMLOOPS – Emergency crews are on scene near the Peterson Creek bridge this afternoon after…
Four seriously injured in Trans Canada crash in Shuswap
CHASE – Four people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital in serious condition, some by…
UPDATE: Woman killed, daughter rushed to hospital after crash on Coquihalla
MERRITT – A woman has died after a truck and trailer unit collided with her…
Police watchdog handing officer-involved crash investigation back to Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS – The province's police watchdog is handing the investigation into an officer-involved collision in…
Receptionist describes shocking moments as car crashes into Kamloops salon
"YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING THROUGH THOSE WINDOWS." KAMLOOPS – Kelsey Pierobon had just hung…
Police watchdog investigating officer-involved crash in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is looking into a crash involving a…
Two teens in crosswalk hospitalized after hit by car
KAMLOOPS – Two teens were sent to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries after…
Car runs red light and hits police cruiser on Highway 1 in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – RCMP say a collision on the Trans Canada in Kamloops this morning involved…
Body found in Kamloops Lake was in water two months before found
KAMLOOPS – The man whose body was pulled from Kamloops Lake on the Canada Day…
Kamloops bait car ransacker avoids jail time
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who blames his opioid addiction for his criminal behaviour won't…
Body recovered from Kamloops Lake after car found abandoned in Savona
SAVONA – The body of a man whose vehicle was abandoned in Savona has been…
Vehicle flips on Bella Vista Road in Vernon
VERNON – Emergency crews responded to a car crash on Bella Vista Road this afternoon.…
Hundreds of Okanagan car enthusiasts gearing up for annual Spring Cruise
OKANAGAN – An annual car cruise which attracts ‘tuners’ from across the province is once…
Driver rams into credit union in Vernon
VERNON – A vehicle smashed into the Prospera Credit Union this afternoon. The incident happened…
Driver pulls over near Vernon after hearing funny noise, moments later car bursts into flames
VERNON – A driver made a wise decision in the moments before his vehicle caught…
Kelowna man arrested after stealing truck from Vernon dealership
VERNON – A Kelowna man is facing charges after stealing a truck out of the…
Watch how quickly this car fire grows in video captured by Vernon man
VERNON – Flames quickly engulfed a car this morning, as can be seen in this…
Vernon Fire Department investigating midnight vehicle fire
VERNON – A good samaritan may have helped keep a Vernon vehicle fire at bay,…
Vernon rescue crews kept busy with three accidents in two days
VERNON – Out of three car crashes this weekend in the Vernon area there were…
Driver flees scene after flipping car in Vernon
VERNON - Emergency responders in Vernon were unable to locate the driver after a single vehicle accident last Friday. Deputy fire chief Lawrie Skolrood says the department responded to the Orchard Hill Road accident, near Bella Vista Road, about 10:51 p.m., Nov. 27. “It was a rollover down an embankment,” Skolrood says. “No one was...
Man injured in Vernon highway crash ticketed for bad driving
VERNON - A driver involved in an ugly highway accident in Vernon over the weekend was seen speeding and driving erratically leading up to the crash, police say. The 28-year-old Kelowna man was headed northbound on Highway 97 in a Honda Civic when witnesses saw him strike the median, drive through a red light, hit...
Vernon man reunited with VW beetle after 35 years
VERNON - A Vernon man’s spunky 1962 Volkswagen Beetle has found its way back home. It’s the car John Deak, a realtor with Century 21 in Vernon, learned to drive on back in 1980 in Williams Lake. His parents bought the bug from a neighbour for $900. At 16, Deak took his driving test in...
This one simple thing might have prevented one-third of stolen vehicles in the Central Okanagan
SHAPING UP TO BE A RECORD YEAR FOR VEHICLE THEFTS KELOWNA – RCMP are warning vehicle owners not to leave keys in their ignition after incidents of vehicle theft has spiked in the last year. Cpl. Joe Duncan of the Kelowna RCMP says in a release 23 vehicle were reported stolen between Aug. 1 and...
Driver tells Vernon RCMP he didn’t hear alarms, didn’t see flashing lights before hitting train
VERNON - Alarms and flashing lights apparently didn’t stop a man from driving into a moving train Monday evening in Vernon. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says police were notified of the collision just after 6 p.m., Aug. 10. When officers arrived, the train was blocking the roadway at 43 Avenue and 31 Street. All lights...