VERNON – One woman is dead and another is being treated in hospital after a two vehicle collision early Thursday morning.
Police were called to 30th Ave. and 32nd St. at around 1:15 in the morning.
Vernon RCMP say their initial investigation shows a van ran a red light and hit the car the two women were travelling in on the driver’s door.
The car’s driver, a Kelowna woman in her thirties, was killed in the accident. The passenger, a Vernon woman also in her thirties, was left with serious internal injuries. They both worked at VJH and were on their break when the crash occurred.
Police allege the 37-year-old Vernon woman who was driving the van was under the influence of alcohol.
She is in custody and RCMP are recommending charges of impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm.
It is up to Crown counsel to determine what charges will be laid, if any.
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