Emergency crews at the scene of a head-on crash between a large SUV pulling a camper trailer and a SUV crossover on Highway 97 just south of the landfill near Westridge Road.
(HOWARD ALEXANDER / iNFOnews.ca)
Republished July 31, 2014 - 9:44 AM
Original Publication Date July 31, 2014 - 7:30 AM
VERNON – The investigation continues into the cause of a head-on collision on Highway 97 south of Vernon near the landfill.
A large SUV towing a camper trailer and an SUV crossover hit near Westridge Road around 6:00 a.m. Thursday.
Four people were rushed to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with traumatic but non-life threatening injuries, according to Shane Code with B.C. Ambulance.
RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says two of those people, a 54-year-old man and his 51-year-old wife remain in hospital while their daughter, 14, has been released. The adults are expected to recover. The family is from Calgary.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 21-year-old Vernon man, receieved serious injuries and remains in hospital.
The highway was closed for over an hour before it re-opened to one lane in each direction.
The route was fully open to traffic around 10:30 a.m. once the RCMP crash analyst was finished his investigation and the vehicles involved in the crash were removed.
A RCMP crash scene investigator has a look at the SUV crossover involved in a head-on collision with a large SUV towing a camper trailer.
(HOWARD ALEXANDER / iNFOnews.ca)
Image Credit: Contributed
Image Credit: Contributed
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— This story was updated at 9:44 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2014 to add more information and photos.
— This story was updated at 10:32 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2014 to add Highway 97 is fully open to traffic.
—This story was updated again at 2:22 p.m. to say three of the occupants remain in hospital, while a 14-year-old has been released.
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