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Impaired woman steals vehicle left running outside Kamloops store
A Kamloops woman was allegedly impaired when she was pulled over in a stolen vehicle…
Teenaged girl hit in Vernon crosswalk by alleged drunk driver
A 44-year-old Vernon woman is facing drunk driving charges after hitting a 14-year-old girl in…
Kamloops woman involved in crash near Vernon facing drunk driving charges
A 24-year-old Kamloops woman blew twice the legal limit after a head-on collision in north…
3 impaired drivers caught in 1 night in North Okanagan: RCMP
Three drunk drivers were apprehended by North Okanagan RCMP on Monday night in and around…
Nine months in jail for Osoyoos driver responsible for collision that left woman paralyzed
Penticton Supreme Court heard heart wrenching stories of lives shattered during a sentencing hearing for…
Allegedly drunk driver takes out fence, tree and utility line in rollover
An allegedly impaired driver rolled his vehicle and took out several pieces of infrastructure near…
Suspected Kamloops impaired driver crashes into his house
A suspected drunk driver crashed into his own house on Kamloops’s North Shore last night.…
Kamloops RCMP issue numerous roadside suspensions over the weekend
Kamloops RCMP are reminding drivers of the consequences of impaired driving. Over the weekend, the…
West Kelowna motorcycle crash leads to two impaired driving investigations
WEST KELOWNA – A motorcyclist was taken to hospital on Saturday night with serious but non-life…
‘I wish I could bring them back’: Drunk driver apologizes for causing the deaths of two friends
VERNON – Two lives were lost and many more changed forever as a result of…
Vernon man’s erratic, dangerous driving leads to court date
VERNON – A Vernon man was arrested over the weekend after driving into oncoming traffic…
Vernon driver in trouble after hitting pedestrian; found with a controlled substance
VERNON – A Vernon man was heavily reprimanded for hitting a pedestrian with his car…
Jail for Kelowna man on painkillers who caused pileup at Highway 97 intersection
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man was sentenced to jail today for crashing into six vehicles…
Vernon woman caught drinking and driving while leaving RCMP detachment
VERNON – She should’ve called a cab. Instead, a Vernon woman is now facing her…
Charges laid in Vernon car crash that killed two young women
VERNON – Drunk driving charges have been laid against a North Okanagan man in connection…
Impaired driver crashes into Pandosy Street tree Sunday morning
KELOWNA – A man police say may have been drunk collided with a tree on…
Drunk Kamloops woman crashes in parking lot
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops woman who damaged two other vehicles in a downtown parking lot…
Prohibited and impaired drivers taken off the road by Chase RCMP
CHASE - Check stops and impaired drivers kept Chase RCMP busy over the past week. On Nov. 12, officers issued a driver a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and impounded their truck for 30 days after the driver rear-ended a tractor trailer turning right on Highway 1 in Sorrento. After attending the crash, police investigated the...
Impaired driver hits semi in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The driver of a car that rear-ended a semi-trailer was taken into custody Tuesday night on suspicions of impaired driving. Just before 11 p.m. yesterday, Aug. 11, the driver of a westbound car hit a transport truck from behind, lost control and flipped the car on its roof on Highway 1 just past...
Alleged drunk driver loses control, almost goes over embankment near Kelowna
KELOWNA – A local man suspected of drunk driving without a valid driver’s licence was arrested in Kelowna last night after he lost control of his car near Postill Lake Road around 8:30 p.m. According to Cpl. Joe Duncan the 32-year-old Kelowna man was behind the wheel of his 1989 Mustang last night, Aug. 5,...
Vernon man falls off boat after losing balance and hits propeller
VERNON - Police are looking into what role alcohol may have played in a weekend boating accident which left a Vernon man badly injured — and they’re not investigating the driver of the boat. Police believe a 21-year-old Vernon man who fell off the bow of a boat and struck the propeller might have been...
Vernon RCMP investigate possibility of impaired driving in weekend crash
VERNON - Police are treating a car crash which knocked out power to hundreds of residents as an impaired driving case. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m., Saturday, April 11 when a 24-year-old woman went off Kalamalka Road in Coldstream and struck a hydro pole, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. Over 1,800 homes in Vernon...
Vernon teen pulled over for drunk driving before he even has his license
VERNON - A drunk teenager was slapped with an Immediate Roadside Prohibition over the long weekend, and he doesn’t even have his driver’s license yet. The 17-year-old was caught driving erratically in the Kalamalka Road area of Coldstream on Friday, April 3, around 10:30 p.m., RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. An officer patrolling in the...