UPDATE: Speed believed to be factor in highway crash

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Police say a small blue Subaru passenger car lost control and overturned, coming to a rest in a ditch beside the highway.

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Terleski stated the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was transported to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

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UPDATE: 4:00 p.m.

A crash on the highway south of Vernon Monday morning (June 12) saw a car come in contact with the centre median, roll, go off the highway and end up in the southbound ditch.

Despite that, the driver and lone occupant suffered only minor injuries in the incident that took place just inside Lake Country’s boundary around 11:15 a.m.

Dispatch reports said the vehicle was travelling at “140 km/h” at the time of the crash, which a member of the Lake Country Fire Department could not confirm.

“The car made contact with the centre median and rode the median for a while, so whether speed was a factor, I’m not 100 per cent sure,” Kynan O’ Rourke, deputy fire chief for Lake Country, told Vernon Matters.

“RCMP may be able to answer that. They did lose control after they came came off the centre median and it did roll over.”

Vernon Fire Rescue also responded as it was near the border of the two fire coverage areas.

Another incident north of Vernon this afternoon saw some items fall from a truck onto Highway 97, causing a rear-ender near the weigh scales, with minor injuries and two vehicles towed from the scene.

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Reports have come in of a crash on Highway 97.

Dispatch reports a vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed when it rolled into a ditch at approximately 11:15 a.m. Monday, June 12.

The reports indicated the vehicle was travelling approximately 140 km/h, and that the crash occurred between Oyama and the Predator Ridge turnoff (Bailey Road) in the southbound lanes.

Vernon Fire Rescue Services and paramedics were travelling to the scene, with dispatch noting the Lake Country Fire Department was also notified and sending crews.

There was no word on injuries or if other vehicles were involved.

DriveBC said the incident was impacting traffic in both directions as of 11:39 a.m.

Vernon Matters has requested more information from the RCMP and Vernon Fire Rescue Services.