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Kamloops woman involved in crash near Vernon facing drunk driving charges
A 24-year-old Kamloops woman blew twice the legal limit after a head-on collision in north…
Teenaged girl hit in Vernon crosswalk by alleged drunk driver
A 44-year-old Vernon woman is facing drunk driving charges after hitting a 14-year-old girl in…
Impaired woman steals vehicle left running outside Kamloops store
A Kamloops woman was allegedly impaired when she was pulled over in a stolen vehicle…
West Kelowna motorcycle crash leads to two impaired driving investigations
WEST KELOWNA – A motorcyclist was taken to hospital on Saturday night with serious but non-life…
‘I wish I could bring them back’: Drunk driver apologizes for causing the deaths of two friends
VERNON – Two lives were lost and many more changed forever as a result of…
Vernon man’s erratic, dangerous driving leads to court date
VERNON – A Vernon man was arrested over the weekend after driving into oncoming traffic…
Jail for Kelowna man on painkillers who caused pileup at Highway 97 intersection
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man was sentenced to jail today for crashing into six vehicles…
Vernon woman caught drinking and driving while leaving RCMP detachment
VERNON – She should’ve called a cab. Instead, a Vernon woman is now facing her…
Charges laid in Vernon car crash that killed two young women
VERNON – Drunk driving charges have been laid against a North Okanagan man in connection…
Impaired driver crashes into Pandosy Street tree Sunday morning
KELOWNA – A man police say may have been drunk collided with a tree on…
Alleged drunk driver loses control, almost goes over embankment near Kelowna
KELOWNA – A local man suspected of drunk driving without a valid driver’s licence was arrested in Kelowna last night after he lost control of his car near Postill Lake Road around 8:30 p.m. According to Cpl. Joe Duncan the 32-year-old Kelowna man was behind the wheel of his 1989 Mustang last night, Aug. 5,...
Vernon man falls off boat after losing balance and hits propeller
VERNON - Police are looking into what role alcohol may have played in a weekend boating accident which left a Vernon man badly injured — and they’re not investigating the driver of the boat. Police believe a 21-year-old Vernon man who fell off the bow of a boat and struck the propeller might have been...
High-risk traffic stop intercepts dangerous driver
VERNON - Police conducted a high-risk traffic stop near the Vernon Army Camp Monday to intercept a group of individuals seen leaving a Lake Country pub with a gun in the car. Vernon RCMP were alerted around 7:30 p.m. to keep an eye out for a blue Ford Taurus. Reports said the vehicle was spotted...