Vernon Fatal Accident

Charges laid in crash that took the life of a Vernon nurse

VERNON - Charges have been laid in relation to an accident on 32 Street that took the life of a Vernon nurse in the early morning hours of Oct. 23, 2014. Vernon RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says Lori Victoria Vance will appear in court March 19 to face charges of impaired driving causing death and...

RCMP looking for possible witnesses to fatal Vernon car crash

VERNON – As the investigation continues into a car crash last week which claimed the life of a Kelowna woman and sent a Vernon woman to hospital with critical injuries, police are hoping two men who stopped to assist the victims will give them a call. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the men helped out...

Witnesses come forward in fatal Vernon car crash

VERNON - Valuable information has come forward in an impaired driving causing death investigation. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says two men who were at the scene of a fatal accident downtown Vernon Oct. 23 contacted the detachment after a call out was posted in the media. At first, the men didn’t think they were the...

Fundraising underway for Vernon nurse critically injured in car crash

VERNON – Friends of the Vernon woman seriously hurt in a car crash involving a suspected drunk driver have started a fundraiser for the nurse and mother. Lindsey Hauck, 31, was a passenger in the Pontiac sedan T-boned in the intersection of 30 Avenue and Highway 97 in the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct....

How co-workers are supporting a Vernon nurse still recovering from accident

TWO NURSES WENT OUT ON A LATE NIGHT COFFEE-RUN FOR CO-WORKERS. ONE RETURNED IN AN AMBULANCE VERNON — The night shift nurses in Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s bustling Unit C—a section of the emergency room—have long taken turns going out on their break and bringing back coffee for the team. In the early morning hours of...