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Winter driving conditions persist on mountain passes

KELOWNA–Kelowna RCMP says two women escaped serious injury following an early morning rollover on Highway 97C.

Just before 6 a.m. on Thursday, RCMP received multiple reports of a rollover on the Connector, near the Brenda Mines turnoff.

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Police have determined that the vehicle hit black ice while travelling westbound on the highway.  The silver Nissan Pathfinder drove into a snowbank and then rolled over.

The passenger, a 47-year-old woman from West Kelowna was able to get out of her vehicle on her own while the 67-year-old driver, also of West Kelowna, required the assistance of fire crews to escape the wreck.

Neither occupant was injured.

 

 

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