iN PHOTOS: Accident on Westsyde Road in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – Another collision on Westsyde Road in Kamloops has sent one to hospital. 

Today, July 7, the road was blocked down to one lane for nearly two hours after a motorcycle and a motor vehicle crashed where Westsyde Road and Westmount Drive intersect. 

The driver of the motorcycle is in hospital with serious injuries.

The road was down to single-lane traffic from approximately 1:45 p.m. till around 3:30 p.m.

Here are some photos of the aftermath, and a second accident that happened around the same area. Police are not commenting on the circumstances of the second accident at this time.

Westsyde Road is no stranger to collisions. Corp. Steve Davidson advised witnesses to look both ways, even after the light turns green, before pulling into an intersection.

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A motorcycle is seen on a flatbed trailer near the scene of the accident. Shelby Thevenot

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Crews work to clean up the scene. The scene was cleared in approximately two hours. Shelby Thevenot

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A vehicle sits damaged on the road. Police did not confirm the circumstances of this accident to iNFOnews at the time the photo was taken. Shelby Thevenot

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Debris could be seen on the sidewalk as far back as the intersection of Westsyde Road and Collingwood Drive. Shelby Thevenot

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Some rain starts to pick up as crews start exiting the site at about 3:20 p.m. Shelby Thevenot


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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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