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UPDATE: Coroner called to East Kelowna residence

Steve Beskidny/Global Okanagan

 

Original story:

KELOWNA — The coroner has been called to an East Kelowna residence.

The call was made early Monday afternoon shortly after rescue crews were the 3900 block of Fairwind Court where a person was trapped under a dump truck.

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Kelowna RCMP confirm that one person has died.

Officials say the victim was found by a relative who resides on the property and that the victim died from a crush injury from a light duty dump truck. 

The residence’s laneway is now cordoned off with yellow tape.

WorksafeBC is at the scene.

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