Early morning rollover on Highway 3A

PENTICTON – A truck driver is lucky to have escaped serious injury following a semi trailer rollover this morning.

Kaleden Volunteer Firefighters were called to the scene around 4 a.m. this morning, fire department spokesperson Sergej Sinicin said.

The semi left Highway 3A about six km south of Kaleden near the top of the S curves.

Sinicin said the driver was able to escape the collision but was transported by B.C. Ambulance.     

Members of the Ministry of Environment’s hazmat team were also on site dealing with a fuel spill.

The truck is believed to have been carrying produce, and narrowly missed colliding with a culvert when it left the roadway.

Traffic has been reduced to a single northbound lane around the incident site.

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A semi truck rollover occurred on Highway 3A near the top of the S curves about six kilometres south of the junction of Highway 3A and Highway 97 this morning, Aug. 18, 2018. | Credit: Google Maps


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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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