Mountie Issued Fine For Driving Offence

A North Okanagan RCMP officer has been fined after pleading guilty to a driving offence while on the job.

Constable Megan Valenta — born in 1977 — was operating an RCMP truck in August 2016 which collided with a motorcycle on Highway 6 in Lavington, injuring a Kelowna man and woman on the bike.

The Lumby Mountie was charged with driving without due care and attention under the Motor Vehicle Act, after a review by the Independent Investigations Office.

Valenta plead guilty in provincial court Wednesday, to committing an unsafe u-turn under the same act, and was fined $750.