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Children ejected from vehicle when California tourist crashes near Merritt

MERRITT - A California man has been charged after a single vehicle accident on Highway 97C resulted in several young children being ejected from his SUV earlier this week. The driver, a 47-year-old man, was on vacation with his and one other family from California. Witnesses told police that four of the nine people in...

Crash closes Connector between Merritt and Highway 5A

MERRITT - The Okanagan Connector was closed between Merritt and Highway 5A after a car crash this afternoon. Details are limited but multiple emergency vehicles responded to the vehicle incident, Dec. 28, including a B.C. Ambulance helicopter. Some reports on social media said the crash was a rollover. Drive B.C. says Highway 97C, east of...

UPDATE: HIghway 97C re-opened near Brenda Mines

UPDATE: The road closed because of a jack-knifed semi was re-opened around 11:30 a.m. KELOWNA - You probably shouldn't have tried making that trip to the coast, anyway. Highway 97C westbound is closed due to a vehicle incident at the Brenda Mine Road exit, according to Drive B.C. No detour is available and Drive B.C....

Snowfall warning for Interior highways

THOMPSON-OKANANAGAN - With a snowfall warning in place for the Coquihalla Highway and Highway 3 we can expect to see significant snowfall on highway passes before the end of the day. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for higher elevations as a Pacific frontal system begins moving across Southern B.C. today, Dec. 9. The...

Penticton man identified as victim in fatal Okanagan Connector crash

KELOWNA – The first big winter storm on the Okanagan Connector and Coquihalla highways proved deadly early this month. A car crash claimed the life of a Penticton man on Highway 97C around 1:30 p.m., Nov. 16, according to a media release from the B.C. Coroners Service. Martin Lewis Schultz, 44, was the driver and...

Okanagan Connector crash shuts down westbound lanes near Kelowna

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Several early morning crashes led to road closures on area highways today. Highway 97C westbound at the junction with Highway 97 has been shut down since just after 4 a.m. because of a vehicle incident. Drive B.C. is reporting no detours and estimates the highway will reopen around 8:30 a.m. Meanwhile a second...

Crash on Okanagan Connector leaves one person dead

MERRITT – A car crash on the Okanagan Connector today has left one person dead and closed the route in both directions. Merritt Fire Rescue Capt. Sky McKeown says a tractor trailor collided with a passenger vehicle, Nov. 16., closing Highway 97C, about 10 kilometres east of Merritt. There is no estimate from Drive B.C. on...

Crash on Okanagan Connector kills three people

MERRITT – Three people in a U-Haul van were killed last night on the Highway 97C when it slammed into the back of a semi transporting crushed cars. The crash happened at about 8:45 p.m., Nov. 6, about six kilometres east of Merritt, according to a media release from RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services. “The...

Chilliwack man confirmed dead following October crash on Okanagan Connector

KELOWNA - A Chilliwack man was killed when he rolled his pickup on the Okanagan Connector last month. The B.C. Coroners Service says David Roy Elias, 58, was the driver and only one in the truck, which left the highway, hit a ditch and rolled on Highway 97C about 17 kilometres west of the Pennask Summit....

Crash on Okanagan Connector sends two to hospital

WEST KELOWNA – Two people were taken to hospital after their car crash on the Okanagan Connector near West Kelowna this morning. The Hyundai Genesis crashed at about 11:10 a.m., April 25, on Highway 97C just west of Trepanier Road, according to Capt. Lionel Bateman with West Kelowna Fire Rescue. He says two patients were...