RCMP and Coroners Service investigate child’s sudden death

The RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of an 8-year-old boy in the Lumby area.

The youth passed away at Kelowna General Hospital on April 5th.

“On the afternoon of April 4, Vernon North Okanagan Rural RCMP were called to assist B.C. Emergency Health Services at an address in the Lumby area. The child was flown by B.C. air ambulance to Kelowna that evening and pronounced deceased during the early morning hours of Sunday April 5,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, media relations with the Southeast District.

To respect the privacy of the deceased, the boy’s name, and other details, will not be released.