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Family credits helmet with saving Vernon ATV rider’s life
VERNON – A Vernon man airlifted to hospital after a gruesome accident in the North…
Kamloops and Vernon crime spree nets multiple charges for Saskatchewan duo
KAMLOOPS – A man and a woman who allegedly stole lottery tickets, caused a serious…
Investigation clears Kamloops RCMP in Friday afternoon crash
KAMLOOPS – Local Mounties are not to blame for the injuries two people received when…
Kelowna impaired driver crashes truck with kids in it
KELOWNA – A woman who crashed her truck, with two small children in it, on…
Did you see the SUV that hit Rutland woman, then fled?
KELOWNA – A pedestrian was left unconscious after being hit by an SUV which did…
Crash slowing traffic on Harvey Avenue
KELOWNA – A three vehicle crash on Harvey Avenue is slowing down traffic through the…
Okanagan Falls man dead following Clearwater crash
CLEARWATER – A crash near Clearwater Saturday morning has claimed the life of an Okanagan…
Kelowna motorcycle crash sends one to hospital
KELOWNA – A man is in hospital with serious injuries following a crash between a…
Still a long way to go to reach goal of zero vehicle fatalities in B.C.
MUNICIPAL LIMIT OF 30 KM/H RECOMMENDED THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Speed, impairment and distracted driving are being…
Two people in critical condition following ATV rollover in Oyama
LAKE COUNTRY – Two local men are in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after the…
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…
Identity of Vernon motorcycle crash victim released
VERNON – A motorcyclist killed in a crash in Vernon over the weekend has been…
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…
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...
Dirt biker near Salmon Arm hit trying to cross highway
TAPPEN - A dirt biker is in hospital with severe injuries after he was hit by oncoming traffic while trying to cross the Trans-Canada Highway Nov. 21, police say. Staff Sgt. Scott West of Salmon Arm RCMP says in a media release investigators believe the man riding the bike didn't stop before crossing near Bolton...
Man injured in Vernon highway crash ticketed for bad driving
VERNON - A driver involved in an ugly highway accident in Vernon over the weekend was seen speeding and driving erratically leading up to the crash, police say. The 28-year-old Kelowna man was headed northbound on Highway 97 in a Honda Civic when witnesses saw him strike the median, drive through a red light, hit...
Vernon father and son killed in tragic plane crash loved to soar
VERNON - A father and son from Vernon died doing something they both loved: going ‘wheels up’. Brad Chapman, 56, learned to fly in his 40s and passed that passion onto his oldest son, Florian, 26, who got his pilot’s license as a teenager. As key principals in the Chapman Group of Companies, flying offered...
Accident south of Vernon sends four to hospital
VERNON - Police say a car crash just south of Vernon today was caused when a driver failed to yield while merging onto the highway. RCMP Cpl. Spencer Hornoi says a truck was making a left hand turn off Birnie Road onto Highway 97 and collided with a southbound car shortly before noon, Oct. 19....
Crown drops charges against North Okanagan man accused of dangerous driving causing death of three people
VERNON - Charges have been dropped against a North Okanagan driver involved in a tragic accident over two years ago. Crown spokesperson Neil MacKenzie says evidence in the dangerous driving causing death case of Brandon McGregor did not support a conviction. McGregor, 23, from Spallumcheen, was previously scheduled to go on trial Oct. 19 on...
Construction worker trapped in West Kelowna
KELOWNA – A construction worker had to be rescued from a building in West Kelowna today, Sept. 23, after the truss system above him collapsed. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded to a building that was under construction on Carrington Road. A media release says firefighters from Lakeview Heights and Westbank stations...
Driver hopitalized after rolling car into bucket of a Bobcat
PENTICTON – A 26-year-old woman was taken to hospital Wednesday morning after she lost control of her car and rolled down an embankment into the bucket of a Bobcat. The cause of the crash at 1656 Holden Rd. is still being investigated and the medical status of the driver, the lone occupant, is not known....