Kelowna driver may have suffered heart attack

KELOWNA — It’s believed a medical condition played a role in an early morning crash in Kelowna.

The single vehicle crash happened at around 8:30 a.m.at Gordon Drive and Clement Avenue where a pick-up truck went off the road.

The truck almost hit motorist Fotis Sotrios before coming to a rest across nearby railroad tracks.

“He clipped a couple of signs and coasted across (the road) and almost clipped me — I had to swerve out of the way. Then he came to a rest across the tracks,” says Sotrios.

Workers at a nearby plant were first on scene and tried to help the driver with oxygen from a first aid kit.

The driver, who may have suffered from a heart attack, was still breathing when rushed to hospital by ambulance.