Truck struck, 5 sent to hospital
SUMMERLAND – A car versus truck smashup near Summerland Wednesday sent a local and four others to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 1991 GMC pickup driven by a Summerland man, 79, was entering Highway 97 from Arkell Road sometime before 4:30 p.m. where it was struck by a 2013 Ford Focus driven by a Penticton teenager, 17.
Five persons, with two in the pickup and three in the car, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were sent to Penticton Regional Hospital.
RCMP Cpl. Bruce Haley said speed and inattention appear to be the causes of the accident and the investigation is continuing.
To contact a reporter for this story, to send photos or videos, email Shannon Quesnel at squesnel@infotelnews.ca, call 250-488-3065, tweet @shannonquesnel1 or @InfoNewsPentict
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