UPDATE: 3 P.M.
Kelowna RCMP are providing more details on precarious crash this morning in Peachland.
“At 9:18 a.m this morning, RCMP received multiple 911 calls of a pickup truck hanging over the edge of a concrete barrier at the top of a steep embankment,” says Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey.
RCMP Central Okanagan Traffic Services, West Kelowna RCMP, the Peachland Fire Department and the BC Ambulance Service all responded to the crash scene.
“The vehicles rear tires stopped the truck, which came very close to tumbling over the embankment.”
RCMP believe weather and road conditions played a role in this crash.
“The driver and sole occupant of the older model blue GMC pickup truck escaped the crash uninjured. He was assessed and released at the scene by emergency paramedics,” confirms O'Donaghey.
Icy roads also caused a Barrier woman to lose control and flip her car on the Okanagan Connector.
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ORIGINAL:
As snow continues to fall in the Valley, the roads are becoming increasingly treacherous.
A driver is lucky to be alive after he lost control and was left hanging by a wheel off Highway 97 in Peachland.
A picture posted by Kelowna RCMP show the truck hanging precariously off the side of the highway.
Peachland Fire Chief Dennis Craig says the call came in at 9:17 a.m. of a single-vehicle accident.
When crews arrived the driver had safely climbed to the highway and his truck was hanging by a wheel.
“It looked pretty spectacular,” says Craig. “He is a very, very lucky individual.”
He says it was a steep approximately 50-metre drop to Drought Road below.
The driver was checked out by paramedics and released at the scene.
The highway was closed in both directions for less than 30 minutes for vehicle recovery.
Craig says a single lane was closed for some additional time.
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