Accident

One dead following three-vehicle crash in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The driver who hit a semi truck and then collided with a pickup…

Woman facing charges for hit and run in Vernon last fall
VERNON – Charges have been laid in connection with a hit and run last October…

UPDATE: Highway fully reopens following serious crash north of Enderby
ENDERBY – A serious collision was causing delays on Highway 97A just north of Enderby…

Vernon rescue crews kept busy with three accidents in two days
VERNON – Out of three car crashes this weekend in the Vernon area there were…

Identity of Vernon motorcycle crash victim released
VERNON – A motorcyclist killed in a crash in Vernon over the weekend has been…

Police believe ‘driver inattentiveness’ caused Falkland semi truck crash
FALKLAND – Police say it’s very lucky no one was hurt after a semi truck…

Truck goes off road into Falkland home
FALKLAND – A truck knocked out power lines and drove into a house in Falkland…
Vernon driver killed in car crash
VERNON – A crash on Highway 97 in Vernon claimed the life of a local…

Company fined in relation to industrial accident that killed Salmon Arm teen
VERNON – A Salmon Arm company has been fined for repeated, high-risk safety violations in…

Salmon Arm teen who died in snowmobile accident identified
ENDERBY - The teen who died in a snowmobiling accident near Enderby over the weekend was Brandon Edward Oullette, 16, from Salmon Arm. According to a release from the B.C. Coroners Service, Oullette was snowmobiling with his father and others at Hunters Range, just north east of Enderby, around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when his...

Serious accident south of Penticton sends one to hospital
KALEDEN - One person has been sent to hospital after a head on collision south of Penticton this morning, Dec. 24. Around 7 a.m., a Honda Civic and a Ford pickup truck collided on Highway 97, roughly half a kilometre south of Lakehill Road in Kaleden. The driver of the Civic was taken to hospital...

Minor injuries after small plane crashes in Vernon
VERNON - One person suffered from minor injuries after a plane leaving from the Vernon Regional Airport had to make a forced landing, the City of Vernon says. The small airplane took off shortly after 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 23, with a pilot and a passenger and climbed to 300 feet before the pilot noticed...

One person in hospital following Trans-Canada crash in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a crash on Highway 1 in Valleyview this morning. Around 6 a.m. today, Dec. 23, a westbound vehicle collided with a power pole on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oriole Road. The vehicle then came back onto the roadway and was struck by another...

Man killed in workplace fall at Kamloops construction site named
KAMLOOPS - The 45-year-old man killed when he fell from a scissor-lift at a construction site in Kamloops earlier this month has been named by the coroners service. Sean Alexander Donetz of Burnaby fell while performing clean-up work at a City View Centre worksite on Highway 5A Nov. 25, Larry Marzinzik of the B.C. Coroners...

Vernon woman hit by car remains in hospital
VERNON - A local woman remains in hospital after getting hit by a car Saturday evening. A car travelling east on 30 Avenue collided with the woman around 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12, Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says. The 45-year-old woman was taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. She has since been transferred...