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Child run over by vehicle and seriously injured in West Kelowna

Child run over by vehicle and seriously injured in West Kelowna - image

WEST KELOWNA – A child was badly injured after being struck and dragged by a van in West Kelowna Monday.

It happened on Ingram Road at about 4:15 p.m.

A family friend tells Global Okanagan News the boy, eight-year-old Jonah Loring, suffered broken ribs and collapsed lungs.

She says the commercial vehicle drove right over him.

Jonah was taken to Kelowna hospital and then air-lifted to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

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His mother flew with him and his father and brother drove down to join them.

 

A gofundme account has been set up to help the family with expenses.

Jonah’s mother is a management student at UBC-O and received a Ch’nook Scholarship this year.

It recognizes the top 17 indigenous, post-secondary management students in BC and Alberta.

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