A falling danger for one Okanagan visitor on Tuesday morning ended up snarling highway traffic.
A large tree fell down onto the edge of Highway 97 just south of Peachland sending a large piece of the tree onto the highway..
The tree missed hitting a rental car but the driver, reportedly a tourist from Germany, couldn’t avoid hitting the large tree part that landed in front of him. The resulting collision damaged the rental vehicle.
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Police attended the crash site.
Traffic was backed up as officials cleaned up the roadway.
– with files from Chris Sobon and Bruce Dawson