National

B.C. Plane Crash Sends One To Hospital, Closes Highway 97 In Southern Okanagan

The Canadian Press, 08 Jul, 2015 09:53 AM

OSOYOOS, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says a single-engine plane has crashed on a highway near a small town in British Columbia's southern Okanagan.

Spokesman Bill Yearwood says the plane ended up on Highway 97 near Osoyoos on Tuesday evening and its only occupant escaped before flames engulfed the aircraft.

Yearwood says investigators don't know why the plane crashed, although Osoyoos RCMP Sgt. Randy Bosch says it hit a semi-trailer.

Yearwood says firefighters extinguished the flames and an ambulance transported the pilot to hospital.

The Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC website says Highway 97 is closed in both directions two kilometres north of the junction with Highway 3 because of the crash.

Yearwood says the agency is assessing the incident to determine what level of investigation will be necessary.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Ex-olympics CEO John Furlong Denies Contradictions In Heated Cross-examination

VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong's temper boiled over while he was under cross-examination at the civil court trial where a journalist accuses him of defamation

Ex-olympics CEO John Furlong Denies Contradictions In Heated Cross-examination

B.C. Politicians Returning To Legislature To Tackle LNG Law For Proposed Plant

House leader Mike de Jong says the session is set to resume July 13 to debate legislation that enables a project development agreement between B.C. and a proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG project.

B.C. Politicians Returning To Legislature To Tackle LNG Law For Proposed Plant

Decide If Woman Threatened By Pickton's Brother Deserves Damages: Lawyer

Jason Gratl has told a B.C. Supreme Court jury that his client is suing David Pickton over the alleged incident in 1991 when she was a construction worker and first aid attendant in Burnaby, B.C.

Decide If Woman Threatened By Pickton's Brother Deserves Damages: Lawyer

2 Langley Men Alleged Members Of 856 Gang To Make Court Appearance In Surrey On Drug Charges

LANGLEY, B.C. — Drug charges have been laid against two Langley, B.C., men who are alleged senior members of the so-called 856 gang.

2 Langley Men Alleged Members Of 856 Gang To Make Court Appearance In Surrey On Drug Charges

Winnipeg Residents Get Earful As Officers In Police Chopper Broadcast Sex Chat

Police say the officers were on routine patrol Monday night when they inadvertently turned on the chopper's public address system.

Winnipeg Residents Get Earful As Officers In Police Chopper Broadcast Sex Chat

Parents Angry After Girl, 8, Told To Cover Up At Wading Pool In Guelph, Ont.

A couple from Guelph, Ont., is livid with the city after a lifeguard told their eight-year-old daughter to cover up at a wading pool at a public park over the weekend.