Update: Farm worker injured at orchard

Jun 13, 2019 | 9:50 AM

UPDATE:

A farm worker was airlifted to treatment after an incident at a Coldstream orchard this morning.

Coldstream Fire Chief Dave Sturgeon says a tractor rolled over on Coldstream Creek Road and the worker was pinned underneath.

“We had a request from (B.C. Emergency Services) to extricate him from underneath the tractor and they called in air ambulance, so we had to do a heli-zone for the air ambulance. I believe he was transported to Kelowna General with undetermined injuries,” Sturgeon told Vernon Matters.

Sturgeon says his crew used lift bags to lift up the tractor enough to pull the man out.

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“He seemed to be in stable condition.”

RCMP spokesperson Const. Kelly Brett says the man was performing farming duties when a pesticide trailer he was towing flipped, causing the tractor itself to flip, pinning the male beneath.

“Male, approximately 35 years old, sustained non life threatening injuries, however was airlifted as a precaution given the time he spent pinned under the tractor. Nothing suspicious or criminal in nature occurred,” said Brett.

Scene on Coldstream Creek Road as helicopter airlifts farm worker to hospital

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Original:

Several blocks of a Coldstream road were blocked off this morning after an apparent incident on a farm.

Police were stopping vehicles from entering Coldstream Creek Road at McClounie Road around 8:35 a.m.

Farm workers were also prevented from going into orchards in the area to allow an RCMP helicopter to land.

There were reports a farm worker was pinned by a tractor, but that has not been verified by police or any other authority.

Vernon Matters has reached out to RCMP for details.

by Pete McIntyre

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