Crash
Pilot of downed plane walks from crash site
VERNON - The pilot of a plane that crashed somewhere in the woods off Westside Road has been taken to hospital with undetermined injuries. Reports of a downed aircraft in the Six Mile Creek area on the west side of Okanagan Lake came in around 6:45 p.m. Monday. Emergency officials, and several nearby residents who...
Engine failure possible cause of plane crash
VERNON - A mechanical failure may have sent a float plane crashing into the woods off Westside Road. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says early information is the plane’s engine failed. Residents in the area heard the plane go down near Six Mile Creek road off the west side of Okanagan Lake around 6:45 p.m. Monday....
UPDATE: Head-on crash sends 4 to hospital
VERNON – The investigation continues into the cause of a head-on collision on Highway 97 south of Vernon near the landfill. A large SUV towing a camper trailer and an SUV crossover hit near Westridge Road around 6:00 a.m. Thursday. Four people were rushed to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with traumatic but non-life threatening injuries, according...
Semi driver ok after flipping rig on Highway 97
VERNON - A semi-driver rolled his rig into the ditch on Highway 97 near O’Keefe Ranch just after 3 p.m. Tuesday. The driver, John Groot, says he was coming up the hill just past O’Keefe Ranch towards Vernon when another vehicle cut right in front of him. “I thought it was kind of close so...
Skydiver lost consciousness mid-air before crashing onto house
VERNON - The victim of Monday’s skydiving accident was on his first solo ride when he lost consciousness, says the owner of Okanagan Skydive. Bret Chalmers says the 50-year-old skydiving student started his ride by jumping from a plane at around 3,500 feet. It was what Chalmers calls a normal opening, nothing out of the...
Coroner identifies man who died inside runaway jeep on Big White Mountain
OSOYOOS - A man who died in a strange accident when his parked jeep rolled off a cumbling roadway on Big White Mountain near Kelowna has been identified. He was Rodolph Legault, 67, of Cawston, a small community 35 kilometres west of Osoyoos. Legault parked his jeep at the edge of Forest Service Road 201,...
Woman who died in accident near Peachland identified
PEACHLAND - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified a woman who died in a crash near Peachland, June 26. She was Barbara Lynn Garrett, 69, of Penticton. The accident happened shortly after noon at the intersection of Highway 97 and Trepanier Bench Rd. At the time, RCMP Sgt. Wade Severson said a northbound SUV hit...
Vigilance and caution urged on lakes following tragic boating accident
VERNON – A Vernon teenager remains in critical condition in hospital after he was run over by a powerboat on Okanagan Lake Saturday evening. Miles Wohlford, 14, was with a group of friends tubing on the northern arm of the lake off Westside Road near Mary Anns Road around 6:10 p.m. RCMP Cpl. Gerry Kovacs...
Teens crash small car into power pole
VERNON - Two teens suffered serious injuries including broken bones when they crashed a compact car into a pole in the area of 48 Avenue and 20 Street late last night. An officer happened upon the single vehicle accident at about 11:45 p.m. The Honda Civic was flipped, lying on the passenger side against the...
Name of deceased in Yellowhead Hwy. crash released
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroner’s service has released the name of the pickup truck driver who died in a collision near Rayleigh on June 9. He was Timothy John Watson, 53, of Kamloops. Watson was travelling northbound in his truck when he was struck by a second truck after it crossed the centre line of the...
Rope rescue required in crash near Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS - Two people in their twenties are lucky to be alive after their car went off the road and down an embankment, coming to rest in a stand of trees Wednesday. Kamloops rural RCMP say the woman at the wheel of her mother's silver Nissan was coming around the corner at the 32...
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...
Osoyoos man killed in motorcycle crash
OSOYOOS - A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Highway 3 about four kms east of Osoyoos Monday evening. The Osoyoos man was the only person on the motorcycle when he veered off the road at around 6:15 p.m. He was ejected and died of injuries received during the crash. The road was bare...
Wet weather won’t stop Kelowna’s weekend of events
KELOWNA – It’s the first busy weekend of the year for events in Kelowna, but those attending the Knox Mountain Hill Climb and Rutland May Days will want to bring jackets and umbrellas. Showers are expected Saturday through Sunday combined with lows of only 8 Celcius, but that won’t stop these two marquee Kelowna events...
Knox Mountain Hill Climb claims first victim
KELOWNA - The Knox Mountain Hill Climb hasn’t even begun yet, but already one person has been sent to hospital with injuries sustained while apparently making preparations for the annual race. According to a report on Global Okanagan, a man was working under a Chevy truck when he became pinned underneath Friday afternoon. The man...