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January 17, 2014 / Volume 10 Number 3 / www.peachlandview.com
Truck leaves road and crashes into Peachland house
One Buchanan Road household received an unwelcome surprise before 8 p.m. on January 9 when a truck went off-road from Highway 97 and crashed into the back of their home.
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AN UNSAFE LEFT TURN onto Highway 97 from Drought Road resulted in a vehicle rollover last Monday.
JOANNE LAYH
Left turn from Drought Road results in rollover Joanne Layh / Peachland View A left turn from Drought Road onto Highway 97 that caused a vehicle rollover and significant damage remarkably resulted in no serious injuries last Monday afternoon. RCMP members happened upon the two-vehicle accident at about 2 p.m. last Monday. RCMP Cst. Kris Clark says a blue Honda Civic made a left turn from Drought Road onto Highway 97 and struck a white Chrysler Neon, causing the Neon to overturn. It is unclear what direction the Neon was travelling in when the accident happened. The Civic incurred significant front-end damage while the overturned Neon was a total write off. Both the driver of the Honda, a 67-year-old Oliver woman,
and the driver of the Neon were uninjured. Though uninjured, the driver of the Neon, a 50-year-old Peachland woman, was trapped in the overturned vehicle and required assistance in being removed from her car. The intersection of Highway 97 and Drought Road has long been a safety concern to the municipality. Positioned at a winding 90 km/h section of Highway 97 with a steep grade, limited visibility and no merge lane, remarkably, left turns are allowed both to and from Highway 97 and Drought Road. While an intersection warning sign is posted on the highway prior to Drought Road, residents have long expressed concerns about the safety of the intersection, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. There were no passengers in either vehicle at the time of the accident.
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The owner of a property on Mackinnon Road that doesn’t have adequate fire protection is hoping Peachland might be willing to help. The property, 4713 Mackinnon Road, is located on the other side of the Connector near the information booth but is not located in Peachland or the regional district. It belongs to the District of West Kelowna, however the distance from the nearest West Kelowna fire hall exceeds the maximum allowed kilometres to be considered to have an acceptable response time for fire apparatus. When West Kelowna incorporated, its boundaries were extended out of Highway 97C, which captured one residential property off of Mackinnon Road. According to Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig, under the existing mutual aid agreement, West Kelowna can request that Peachland Fire and Rescue Service (PFRS) attend a fire in their fire protection area to assist them. This existing agreement would apply to See COUNCIL on page 2
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