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Kelowna rollover backs up Christmas shopping traffic

KELOWNA – RCMP are investigating after a car crash on a busy road near Kelowna’s biggest shopping mall this morning. Emergency crews were called at about 10:54 a.m., Dec. 12, to a rollover on Springfield Road at Durnin Road. A car hit a light standard and flipped, according to a Global Okanagan report. The driver...

Rollover on Coquihalla north of Merritt; one person injured

MERRITT – A single vehicle rollover closed the northbound lanes of Highway 5 between Merritt and Kamloops this morning and sent one person to hospital. The crash happened at about 8:55 a.m., Nov. 8, about 28 kilometres north of Merritt, according to Merritt RCMP. A pickup towing a trailer overturned and blocked the northbound lanes...

Teen rolls pickup into Skaha Lake

PENTICTON – A Penticton teenager rolled his dad’s pick-up and ended up in Skaha Lake last night. RCMP were called to the crash at about 11:30 p.m., Oct. 16, on Eastside Road between Penticton and Okanagan Falls. Police say the 17-year-old rolled his father’s GMC Sierra multiple times. He received a large gash above his...

Suspected drunk driver rolls vehicle into drainage ditch

KELOWNA – A man in his 20’s who rolled his vehicle into a ditch in Glenmore Friday morning may have been drunk. According to Const. Kris Clark the accident happened around 9:30 a.m. on Valley Road. Police were able to find the alleged driver when a witness, who smelled alcohol on the man's breath, told...

One person injured in Okanagan Connector rollover

MERRITT – A rollover early Saturday morning on the Okanagan Connector sent one person to hospital. The crash happened at around 5 a.m. at the junction of 97C and the Coquihalla about 25 kilometres east of Merritt, according to VSA Highway Maintenance. The B.C. Ambulance Service says one patient was taken by ambulance to hospital....

Driver blames black ice; West Kelowna rollover

KELOWNA – The driver and passenger walked away from a rollover in West Kelowna Monday morning. The driver lost control on black ice on Lower Glenrosa Road around 9:30 a.m. and rolled the vehicle which ended up on its roof, according to Global Okanagan. Traffic was disrupted for about an hour as crews righted the...