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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...
UPDATE: Driver sent to hospital following semi rollover on Highway 1
KAMLOOPS - A driver was trapped and the off-ramp at Lafarge Road closed following a semi rollover east of Kamloops around 8:20 a.m. today, June 24. The driver was taking the Lafarge Road exit off of Highway 1 when he lost control and rolled the vehicle. The 54-year-old male driver was trapped and Bush says...
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...
Crash claims life of Chase woman
CHASE – A 39-year-old woman from Chase was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in left Kamloops Shuswap Road Saturday afternoon and rolled down a steep embankment. Const. Valerie Guillaume with the Chase RCMP detachment says the crash happened about five kilometres west of Pritchard at about 3 p.m. Three people were in...
Baby, three others taken to hospital after rollover near Vernon
VERNON – The hunt is on for the driver of a car who may have caused a rollover on Highway 6 between Vernon and Lumby Friday afternoon. Four people, including an infant, were taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with minor injuries after the car they were in ended up on its roof in the ditch,...
Nakusp woman killed in Highway 6 crash
VERNON - Police believe a Nakusp woman was speeding when her SUV rolled into the ditch on Highway 6. The 52-year-old Nakusp woman died at the scene while a 15-year-old girl believed to be her daughter was moved to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The accident happened Sunday about 9 a.m. roughly 41...
UPDATE: Man killed in roll over near Paul Lake identified
KAMLOOPS - One man is dead and four others injured after a vehicle lost control on Pinantan Pritchard Road near Paul Lake Wednesday evening. The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died as Barry Wilson Charlie Jr., 27, from Lytton. Staff Sgt. Lane Jumaga says a preliminary investigation shows the westbound mini-van rolled...
Rope rescue required in crash near Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS - Two people in their twenties are lucky to be alive after their car went off the road and down an embankment, coming to rest in a stand of trees Wednesday. Kamloops rural RCMP say the woman at the wheel of her mother's silver Nissan was coming around the corner at the 32...
Teens injured in post grad party rollover
LAKE COUNTRY - A single vehicle rollover following a grad party resulted in minor injuries for the three teens inside the car Thursday afternoon. The accident happened on Beaver Lake Road about five kilometres from Highway 97 as the teens were returning home after the party, according to Global Okanagan. The driver went off the...