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Suspected impaired driver on parole arrested after fleeing crash in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A suspected impaired driver was arrested yesterday after witnesses reported him driving erratically,…
North Okanagan RCMP impound truck for excessive speeding
SPALLUMCHEEN – A driver travelling along Highway 97A near Otter Lake Crossroads had their vehicle…
Salmon Arm police looking for suspects who fled overturned car
SALMON ARM – Salmon Arm police are searching for two suspects involved in a single…
Terminated Kamloops garbage truck driver loses case against union, City
A former City of Kamloops garbage truck driver believed his union discriminated against him by…
Kamloops bus driver treats passengers to lemonade from kids’ roadside stand
Passengers on a Kamloops city bus got a sweet surprise when their driver pulled over…
B.C. trucker with 46 driving infractions gets 3 years jail for fatal crash
A professional B.C. truck driver with 46 driving infractions was sentenced to three years in…
Driver dies in rockslide near Lillooet
A man has died after a rockslide hit his vehicle near Lillooet earlier this week.…
iN VIDEO: Wrong-way driver on Highway 97 near Penticton
A driver was caught on camera travelling into oncoming traffic on Highway 97 north of…
Elderly woman drives Subaru through building window in Kelowna
An elderly woman drove through the window of a building in Kelowna today causing significant…
Woman jumps from moving vehicle in attempt to evade Vernon police officer
VERNON - A woman with several outstanding warrants made a dramatic, yet unsuccessful, attempt to flee from police in Vernon. An officer patrolling the area of 30 Avenue noticed a white Chevrolet truck speeding around 3 a.m. Dec. 31 and attempted to pull over the driver. Instead of stopping, the driver fled south on 35...
Driver flees scene after flipping car in Vernon
VERNON - Emergency responders in Vernon were unable to locate the driver after a single vehicle accident last Friday. Deputy fire chief Lawrie Skolrood says the department responded to the Orchard Hill Road accident, near Bella Vista Road, about 10:51 p.m., Nov. 27. “It was a rollover down an embankment,” Skolrood says. “No one was...
Vernon woman trying to cross street hit by car
VERNON - It could have been worse. Police say a pedestrian hit trying to cross the road last week only had minor injuries. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says a GMC pickup truck headed west on 31 Avenue struck a woman while turning left onto 34 Street around 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10. The 56-year-old woman had stepped...
Malicious honk from passing driver sends Vernon horseback rider to hospital
VERNON – A competitive show jumper was seriously injured by the thoughtless and dangerous actions of an unknown motorist near Armstrong this week. Kristen Marie Pym, 20, was out for a relaxing ride on her seven-year-old black and white mare Lilly on a warm, early fall evening Sept. 30. Pym was riding Lilly in a...
Motorcyclist collides with deer on highway by Swan Lake
VERNON - A collision between a motorcycle and a deer slowed down traffic on Highway 97 by Swan Lake Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened around noon when a southbound motorcyclist struck a deer, RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says. “The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries,” Noseworthy says. Traffic was impacted for a short...
Driver in hospital after truck flips, lands on roof in Vernon
VERNON - A man is considered lucky to be alive after his truck crashed and rolled on a busy Vernon thoroughfare. Emergency crews responded to the single vehicle crash around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the intersection of 58 Avenue and 27 Street. Deputy fire chief Jack Blair says the overturned vehicle was found...