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2015 TOP STORIES: Major crashes on Interior roads and highways

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Serious traffic collisions rocked communities across the Interior in 2015.  A Vernon mother and nurse's life was changed forever when she was struck in a hit and run last December. Robin Orcherton was left a quadriplegic when, on her way home from work, her car was hit by a blue Jeep at a stop...

Vernon man identified as victim of fatal truck crash near Golden

VERNON - The driver of a transport truck who died when rolled his truck off the highway south of Golden last week has been identified as a Vernon man. Michael Christopher Swanson, 36, was the driver and only occupant of a small commercial transport truck that left the roadway around 6:45 a.m. on Oct. 30,...

UPDATE: Vernon men identified as victims of northeastern B.C. plane crash

VERNON - A Vernon construction company has been linked to a fatal plane crash in northeastern B.C. last week. A privately owned Cessna 207 was taking off from the Chapman gravel site in Baldonnel, about 15 kilometres south of Fort St. John of Friday, Oct.16, when it crashed and caught fire, leaving two people on...

UPDATE: Young boy hit by vehicle in Penticton dies; RCMP driver investigated

PENTICTON - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating after an off-duty RCMP officer hit and killed a five-year-old pedestrian walking with his family. At roughly 5 p.m. yesterday, Sept. 15, the boy was with his family crossing the road when he was struck.  RCMP originally said the boy was four years old but...

Police investigate deadly crash in Spallumcheen

SPALLUMCHEEN - A man is dead after crashing his car on the highway just south of Armstrong early this morning. RCMP say an off-duty police officer discovered the man’s flipped car around 4:20 a.m., Aug. 21, on Highway 97A at Eagle Rock Road. “The investigators have determined the vehicle was north bound (and) jumped the...

UPDATE: Two dead in crash in Vernon; police looking for witnesses

VERNON - Two young women from Kelowna were found dead in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Highway 97 in Vernon, early Sunday morning, and another two people from Armstrong are in hospital, police say. The two vehicles collided near the 27 Street overpass just after midnight Sunday morning, July 12. Cpl. Joseph Leeson...

Childhood friends killed in Vernon motorbike crash leave behind fiancées, families

LUMBY - Childhood friends James Folden and Trinity Bright were both living life to its fullest when a tragic motorbike crash cut their time short. Both were engaged to be married; Folden, 23, to Chelsea, his high school sweetheart and mother of his seven-week-old daughter, and Bright, 24, to the love of his life. Folden,...

Coroner identifies two women killed in Highway 6 car crash

LUMBY – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified two women who died in a two-car crash on Highway 6 in the North Okanagan near Lumby December 6. They were Diedre Naomi-Ann Hughes, 57, from Vernon and her daughter Emma Maria Danielle Froh, 22, from Lumby. RCMP say the crash, between a Pontiac Sunfire and a...

UPDATE: RCMP investigate downtown Vernon fatal crash

VERNON – A Kelowna woman is dead and a Vernon woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after their car was T-boned by a mini-van in downtown Vernon in the early hours Thursday morning. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the accident happened around 1:15 a.m. at the intersection of 30 Avenue and 32 Street (Highway...

Coroner identifies Kamloops woman who died in bizarre motorhome crash

PRINCETON – A 70-year-old Kamloops woman died when she was thrown from the motorhome she was a passenger in Thursday afternoon near Princeton. Pamela Beryle Bloxom was pronounced dead at the scene after she was ejected from the vehicle. RCMP say the crash happened at about 3:30 p.m., about 25 kilometres east of Princeton. The...

Summerland man hit by semi dies in hospital

SUMMERLAND – A 77-year-old man hit by a semi in downtown Summerland Monday morning has died from his injuries. The Summerland man was hit at the uncontrolled intersection at Highway 97 and Steuart Street and rushed to hospital. According to RCMP, he was crossing the highway on foot when he was hit by a southbound...

Safety measures sought for dangerous stretch of Highway 97

LAKE COUNTRY - In the aftermath of two fatal accidents, officials in Lake Country are calling for the addition of a concrete median between Beaver Lake Road and the Kelowna Airport. In July, an elderly couple and a 14-year-old passenger believed to be their grandson were fatally injured after crossing the centre line and colliding...

UPDATE: Manitoba woman dies in crash on Highway 97; speed may be factor

KELOWNA – A head-on crash on Highway 97 north of the Kelowna Airport claimed the life of a Manitoba woman and closed the route in both directions for almost 5 hours on Saturday. Just before 8:30 a.m., emergency crews arrived on the scene to find a Dodge pick-up on it’s side and engulfed in flames,...

UPDATE: Man dead after leap from moving vehicle

KELOWNA – There are more questions than answers following the death of a Kelowna man who jumped from a moving car on Saturday morning. Victor John Doyle, 23, of Kelowna was riding in the passenger side when, according to the RCMP, he “unexpectedly” leapt from the vehicle on Glenmore Road near Union Road. Doyle was...

Man killed trying to stop vehicle rolling off cliff

KELOWNA – An attempt to stop a vehicle from rolling off a cliff near Big White had tragic consequences for a 67-year-old Cawston man Sunday. The man, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of family, had parked his Jeep on a narrow forest service road close to a cliff. When the vehicle started rolling...